Using Formative Assessment in the RTI Framework

RTI and formative assessment have the potential to positively impact student achievement. Understand the basics of RTI and its connection to formative assessment, and base instructional decisions on the results of effective formative assessment practices. Learn how to adjust instruction to increase levels of student understanding and achievement with the information, tools, and techniques presented in this practical guide. Benefits: 
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<li>Acquire numerous examples of formative assessment tools, most of which can be used for any subject. </li> <li>Gain tools that help students self-assess their social skills and behavior patterns so they become more aware of how their actions affect their academic achievement. </li> <li>Find a four-step, systematic approach to data collection and analysis plus a variety of data collection and display methods. </li>
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Contents: Part 1: Understanding RTI and Formative Assessment Chapter 1: Overview of RTI Chapter 2: Overview of Formative Assessment Chapter 3: Using Assessment Data to Inform Decision Making Chapter 4: Putting It All Together Part 2: Formative Assessment Tools Chapter 5: Feedback and Reflection Chapter 6: Checklists for Learning Chapter 7: Rubrics as an Assessment Tool Chapter 8: Performance Assessments for the 21st Century

Education & Teaching

Eileen Depka

Kay Burke

Schools & Teaching

Solution Tree

In many classrooms, teachers assign homework out of habit. Learn to design quality, purposeful homework instead. The author urges educators to reflect on the purpose of student assignments to determine if and when homework is valuable. Prepare students and measure their comprehension by assigning purposeful work, setting clear expectations, and providing feedback as the unit of study unfolds. Benefits: 
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<li>Recognize that different kinds of homework assignments advance students' knowledge and promote their understanding during all stages of the learning process. </li> <li>Learn the components that influence quality homework design. </li> <li>Interpret examples of assignments for multiple school subjects to understand how to create impactful questions on any topic. </li> <li>Develop rubrics and checklists to clearly assess the accuracy of completed homework and better communicate feedback. </li> <li>Create learning environments in which students recognize that well-designed homework can help them reach their own goals for personal growth. </li>
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Contents: Chapter 1: Types of Work and Their Purposes Chapter 2: Four Components to Ensure Quality Homework Chapter 3: Quality Homework: The Result of Quality Design Chapter 4: Homework: To Give or Not to Give, That Is the Question! Chapter 5: Grading and Homework: The Two Worlds Can Coexist Chapter 6: Next Steps: Evaluating and Changing Practices

Bringing Homework Into Focus: Tools and Tips to Enhance Practices, Design, and Feedback (Classroom Strategies)

The skillful use of questioning techniques has the power to enhance students' critical thinking skills, deepen their engagement, and better prepare them for college and careers. This book shares questioning techniques that educators can use to respond to students' diverse needs while maintaining rigor and relevance. Teach students questioning strategies via Socratic circles and Bloom's taxonomy to build connections between students and their learning. Explore example situations, and use templates and strategies to encourage advanced discussions, collaboration, and risk-taking in the classroom. Learn questioning strategies that will aid you in increasing rigor in the classroom: 
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<li>Discover how questioning can promote the traits that students need to succeed in college and their careers.</li> <li>Examine instructional practices and examples of rigor in the classroom you can use to respond to students as they develop 21st century skills and conceptual understanding.</li> <li>Explore how to deconstruct standards and standards-based questions to write quality questions that align with academic expectations.</li> <li>Create a classroom climate that fosters collaboration and constructive discussions, teaches higher-order thinking skills, and increases student engagement.</li> <li>Use templates, surveys, and checklists to plan instruction, deconstruct academic standards, assess student engagement, and collect data.</li>
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Contents: Chapter 1: Using Questioning Strategies in the Classroom Chapter 2: Deconstructing Higher-Order Thinking Skills Chapter 3: Developing Effective Assessments Chapter 4: Ensuring Student Success With Complex Questions Chapter 5: Creating Standards-Based Questions and Tasks Chapter 6: Encouraging Traits to Attain College and Career Readiness Chapter 7: Encouraging Student Involvement Chapter 8: Growing Students' Ability to Ask Questions That Matter Epilogue: Pulling It All Together References and Resources

Raising the Rigor: Effective Questioning Strategies and Techniques for the Classroom (Teach Students to Write and Ask Their Own Meaningful Questions)

Rely on Letting Data Lead by Eileen Depka to help you build a culture of school data analysis and interpretation, data-driven instruction and assessment techniques, and student achievement. This practical resource clearly outlines a systematic approach for meaningful student data collection through quality classroom assessment methods. The included assessment techniques, tools, templates, and specific examples are designed to empower educators to turn gathered information into immediate, thoughtful action. Develop data-collection and analysis methods for effectively tracking student progress and fostering student success: 
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<li>Obtain templates and methods for collecting, interpreting, and responding to assessment data.</li> <li>Define the purpose of assessments to distinguish between when a response is needed and when a response is not essential.</li> <li>Design classroom assessment for student learning in a way that creates actionable insights and pinpoints where students are struggling.</li> <li>Consider practices that support the systematic approach to responding to student results with data-driven instruction.</li> <li>Build a classroom culture where students react to their personal data, set goals, and engage in critical thinking.</li>
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Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Designing Assessments -- Where Data Response Starts Chapter 2: Creating a Structure to Support Data Consistency for Common Assessments Chapter 3: Visualizing and Interpreting Data With an Eye on Action Chapter 4: Responding to Data -- Considerations, Practices, and Procedures Chapter 5: Encouraging Students to Respond to Data Chapter 6: Considering Sustainability Epilogue: Closing Thoughts

Letting Data Lead: How to Design, Analyze, and Respond to Classroom Assessment (Gain Actionable Insights Through Effective Assessment Methods and Data Interpretation)

Solution Tree Press

Why are standards so important, and how do they improve student learning? In The Authentic Standards-Based Environment: A Systematic Approach to Learning Targets, Assessment, and Data, Eileen Depka dives into standards-based student learning with a simple, easy-to-use approach to unpacking standards, developing learning targets, and designing rubrics and assessments. Using data-driven methods and clear examples, this book makes a standards-based process manageable. 
K–12 teachers and administrators will: Learn to unpack standards and understand the components and expectations rooted in them Understand how to design standards-based learning targets that directly connect to each component of the standard Design individual and common assessments that link with the rigor and expectations of the standard Report data and design a scope and sequence that will guide next steps Discover how to implement a standards-based system school- or districtwide 
Contents: 
Introduction 
Part 1: The Foundation 
Chapter 1: Unpacking Standards―Why and How 
Chapter 2: Designing Standards-Based Learning Targets 
Part 2: Tools and Analysis 
Chapter 3: Creating Standards-Based Assessments 
Chapter 4: Creating Standards-Based Rubrics 
Chapter 5: Implementing Common Assessments to Ensure Comparable Data 
Chapter 6: Using Unpacked Standards to Report Data and Create a Scope and Sequence 
Part 3: Embedding the Process 
Chapter 7: Implementing the Process School- or Districtwide 
References and Resources 
Index

The Authentic Standards-Based Environment: A Systematic Approach to Learning Targets, Assessment, and Data (A practical guide to standards-based learning for teacher teams and educators)