Title: Formative Assessment: Small Strategies that Work in a Big Way

Formative assessment is a tool too often overlooked by educators. Quick and easy formative assessment strategies appropriate for use in both the classroom and professional development settings will be modeled during this session. A discussion of when and how to use several of the techniques will follow activities during which participants work through a variety of formative assessment activities designed to provide feedback on student learning. Participants will receive materials and strategies to take home and implement in a classroom setting.