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Formative Assessment: Examples of Practice
This document shares some examples of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) definition of formative assessment in practice. The first section of the document provides readers with vignettes of classroom scenarios, some showing formative assessment and others showing classrooms without formative assessment. Each vignette also includes an analysis of how formative assessment was or was not implemented. The second section of the document includes vignettes of formative assessment with descriptions of how the different elements of the process are put into operation.
This is an excellent resource for providing readers with a clear picture of what formative assessment looks like in practice. The vignettes are clear and descriptive, illuminating each aspect of the formative assessment process. It also demonstrates how the formative assessment elements can be implemented in different ways and in a variety of contexts.