formative+assessment

Question was posed, "How can I/we as trainers help our colleagues understand and focus on the CRISS principles rather than the CRISS strategies?"
 * teach strategies first then the principles
 * bookmarks with the principles for easy index
 * confusing strategies with principles and using them interchangeably when they really are not interchangeable

Linking CRISS with FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

quote - It is not appropriate to give grades for learning that is emerging. Margaret Heritage

START sheet - characteristics of effective instruction

Formative assessment is a GPS not a GPA. A GPS can tell us HOW to get to a destination or goal and it can also tell us where we are in our learning. Be sure to use the HOW we are getting there not just the WHERE we are.

Ideas for next year:


 * display the 5-6 CRISS strategies that I feel my class will be using throughout the school year
 * display "I can" objective statements for the units
 * develop a generic EXIT ticket for Ss to reflect on when asked
 * using "anchor" activities for Ss who finish early with assignments - draw a large anchor, laminate, list the 2-3 activities Ss can engage in when finished
 * visual GPS that lists the "I can" statements for the content that we are working with

Formative assessment in not the GOAL - it is a means to achieving a teaching or learning goal.