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Welcome to the Formative Assessment Page for the Board of Education.
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WELCOME BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS! This web page was developed to support the Formative Assessment Initiative in the New Hope School District and to keep you informed. It is dedicated to providing you with valuable resources and opportunities that:
· Highlight the emerging formative assessment issues that will potentially impact the school community · Collaborate and communicate with families · Support families as partners in the education of their children · Offer opportunities for active involvement · Establish partnerships with parents and the community to support school goals · Connect to the New Hope School District community relations programs · Ensure that public resources and funds are used appropriately You will find a link for questions on the Formative Assessment Home Page. Please share this site with others!
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: RESULTS DRIVEN and COST EFFECTIVE Research indicates that formative assessment, if well-designed and implemented correctly, is an effective strategy for enhancing student learning. Research concludes that · Students in classes where formative assessment was implemented learned in six months what would have taken other classrooms a year to learn (Wiliam, 2006). · Formative assessment promotes significant gains in student self-efficacy and motivation (predictors of high school graduation) (Black, Harrison, Lee, Marshall & Wiliam, 2003). · Regular use of classroom formative assessment could raise student achievement by 0.4 to 0.7 standard deviations (Black & Wiliam, 1998)—enough to raise the United States into the top five countries in the international rankings for math achievement (Wiliam, 2007). · Implementing formative assessment practices is 20 times more cost-effective than class-size reduction programs (William & Thompson, 2007) · PLC’s are recommended as an effective approach to implementing a school wide or district wide formative assessment system which makes it a cost-effective method of school improvement” (Popham, 2008; William, 2007) · Compared to other interventions, formative assessment has the greatest impact on learning gains and is more cost-effective. · The Best Value in Formative Assessment
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RESOURCES FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS
SCHEDULING Opportunities to Establish New Scheduling Practices to Fulfill the New Hope School District Vision and Address an Area of Weakness by Providing Relevant Research-based Instruction that Responds to Each Student’s Unique Potential: Scheduling Approaches for Teacher Collaboration New Assessment Beliefs for a New School Mission
OTHER LINKS Evaluation Experts Speak: The Ramifications of High-Stakes Testing Assessment Through the Student’s Eyes Data-informed Leadership in Education Key Decisions a District Must Make Before Choosing A Formative Assessment System
BOOKS The Leader’s Guide to Standards: A Blueprint for Educational Equity and Excellence (D.B. Reeves, 2002) Accountability for Learning: How Teachers and School Leaders Can Take Charge (D.B. Reeves, 2004)
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