Purpose+for+FA

==Teachers will use formative assessments to measure students' learning, thinking, and or understanding. In the Pyramid Response to Intervention, Buffum, Mattos, and Weber outline the following criteria for effective formative assessments:==


 * ===Assess higher order thinking ===
 * ===Require application rather than recall of knowledge ===
 * ===Assess learning in a new context ===
 * ===provide immediate feedback to the teacher and learner ===
 * ===Give results in time to make meaningful instructional adjustments ===
 * ===Actively motivate and involve students in the process ===
 * ===Diagnose needs of individuals and classes ===
 * ===Prescribe follow-up actions ===
 * ===Are frequent, short assessments ===
 * ===Are assessments for learning rather than assessments of learning ===
 * ===Are teacher-created, not standardized tests ===
 * ===Contain multiple types of problems ===
 * ===Are collaboratively scored and analyzed ===
 * ===Are based on power standards ===

Purpose of Formative Assessments /Professional Development