4 ways to do formative assessment tests

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4 ways to do formative assessment tests

• Student assessment is integral to effective
  teaching. The general purpose of student
  assessment is to evaluate students' learning
  progress. Student assessment helps teachers to
  identify gaps in their students' learning and
  help them achieve their goals. Additionally,
  teachers can also judge the effectiveness of
  their teaching. There are two ways to perform
  student assessment tests. One is a formative
  assessment, and the other is a summative
  assessment. Educators tend to value more
  formative assessments because they are ongoing
  tests that can be done in various ways.
• Entry and Exit Slips
• Entry and exit slips can be very functional at
  the beginning and the end of every class. Before
  you begin a lesson or a new topic, find out what
  the kids remember from the previous lesson. At
  the end of the class, you can ask them to rate
  how well they understood the topic discussed. You
  can do this in several ways. You can use online
  tools such as Google forms or Edulastic, or you
  can do it manually. You can ask the students to
  tell you the three things they learned or what
  part of the lesson they found most interesting.
  Better yet, you can have them describe their
  understanding using emojis. Choose a tool that
  works for you and your students and use it.
• Quizzes and Polls
• Class quizzes don't have to affect the students'
  grades. A great way to make students feel
  comfortable about taking the examinations is to
  assign low point values for the quizzes. Some of
  the best primary schools in Singapore have kids
  logged into online assessment tools such as
  Quizlet or Socrative. These tools enable
  teachers to get feedback instantly. In these
  apps, teachers can form their questions to get
  the data they need.
• Self-assessment Tests
• Self-assessment tests are a great way of knowing
  your students' opinions about a particular topic.
  You can give students your rubric to tick the
  areas where they are struggling with. Another
  great way is to use participation cards. Kids
  can then respond using the cards when you ask a
  question. You can

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also use different colored sticky notes on a
whiteboard to help students communicate their
progress. For example, you can have red, green,
and yellow sticky notes. Red indicates they don't
understand, green to say they understand, and
yellow to show they are confused. Make three
columns on the whiteboard for the different
colors and have each student stick their sticky
notes on there. 4. Peer to peer
assessment Encourage students to participate in
group discussions where they ask each other
questions or comment on something their
classmates did well. Such classroom activities
will give you insight into each student's
learning progress when they share with you their
views. Keep in mind that some students might be
reserved and might not participate in these
groups. Fortunately, there are some private
assessment tests that you can carry out using
apps like Seesaw. Formative assessment can
create a lot of pressure for both teachers and
students. However, up until now, the benefits of
it are undeniable. Formative tests can help
teachers improve their teaching techniques and
know which students need extra tuition. After
all, a teacher always wants their student to
achieve their academic goals.