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These are great digital tools for formative and summative assessment that provide a variety of modes for students.

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27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom

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In this post, you will find 27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! Formative assessment is such an essential part of the learning process and student success, and many digital tools can help support this process.This list has a wide variety of features and options to help you solidify your formative assessment strategies! Many of the tools below are great for both formative and summative assessments.

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This AI tool can help generate rubrics using specific outcomes and criteria. It can also create quiz questions, lesson plan ideas and more, but professional judgement is required to make it more effective.

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Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class in a table format.

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Diffit is a tool that will differentiate text for different grade levels. It helps to reach students where they are at and can help to make assessments more accessible.

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Use existing curriculum, or generate standards-aligned content with real, cited sources.

Choose a grade level and language, and watch Diffit create complete, differentiated resources. ✅

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Use existing curriculum, or generate standards-aligned content with real, cited sources. Choose a grade level and language, and watch Diffit create complete, differentiated resources. ✅

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My mentor teacher showed me these early years literacy and numeracy screens that are mandatory to complete from the Alberta government. The tests are to ensure students receive early intervention as they are the foundation to future learning.

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Information about literacy and numeracy screening assessments for all students in Kindergarten to Grade 3.

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A variety of formative and summative assessments that can be used to assess students in the PE setting.

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List of assessments that can be used before learning, during, or after specifically for math.

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Math worksheets that can be used to assess student learning or monitor progress in a variety of units.

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Fraction Circles (fifths to eighths labelled) Fraction Circles (fifths to eighths unlabelled) Fraction Circles (ninths to twelfths labelled) Fraction Circles (ninths to twelfths unlabelled) Fraction Circles (tenths labelled) Fraction Circles (tenths unlabelled) Fraction Circles (to fourths labelled) Fraction Circles (to fourths unlabelled) Fraction Circles (to twelfths unlabelled)

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How to differentiate learning and assessments for students in the math classroom to remove any limitations to them demonstrating understanding.

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Ideas on differentiating the content and the final product for student work to ensure the assessment is attainable for each student.

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Content and Product examples for lesson 2

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This blog changed how I view excelling. It should be seen as the next level after meeting, still within grade level and students should be encouraged to further their learning and reach it.

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Lately, as I’ve engaged in conversations in person, webinars, works, and social media, I’ve noticed hesitancy about last level on proficiency scales. You know the one. It’s called Exte…

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This website provides lesson plans and assessments for a variety of subjects and grades.

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The Consortium - Alberta Professional Learning Consortium (APLC)

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© 2025 The Consortium - Alberta Professional Learning Consortium (APLC) - Alberta Professional Learning Consortium

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Promotes inquiry learning in every subject to promote critical thinking skills. A great way to promote higher-order thinking and make real-world connections.

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Problem-based learning has become a proactive approach to help students develop critical-thinking and inquiry skills in the classroom. It differs from inquiry-based learning in that the focus of problem-based learning is on solving problems. Planned effectively, these problems are relevant...

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Dedicated to helping teachers, educators, & parents understand and implement inquiry-based learning!

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I can statements to support EAL learners. These would be helpful when writing ISP's or creating specific goals for students.

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This research article discusses the positive impact of teacher clarity around the lesson's learning target on students. Students who know what the lesson is about, why they are learning it, and how they will be assessed reach a higher level of learning.

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Crafting “I Can” Statements: A Practice Worth Pursuing - TEPSA

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One of the most unambiguous conclusions practitioners can draw from the research is clarity around a lesson’s learning target can help boost student achievement.

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This website provides different assessment ideas specifically for self and peer assessment to help students give effective feedback.

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8 tools for peer and self-assessment - THE EDUCATION HUB

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A systematic look at eight tools that students can use for peer and self-assessment

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How to Teach Students Self and Peer Assessment

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How to Teach Students Self and Peer Assessment

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This blog discusses the steps of how to incorporate self and peer assessment into your classroom and teach students to be effective at giving feedback to peers and to themselves.

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Self-and peer-assessment are not new practices in education. Yet, the ability to assess one's own and others' performance is a skill that many students find challenging.
How can we effectively incorporate student self- and peer-assessment into the classroom, ensuring that students are understanding and able to develop these key skills?
Keep reading for:

The benefits of self- and peer-assessment

How to incorporate it into the classroom

Resources to support students with the process

There are many benefits to having students take part in a self- and peer-assessment process. Both of these practices help students develop 21st-century skills and competencies, and focus on reflection and the learning process itself.

Metacognitive and Higher Order Thinking Skills

By having students self-assess their work and their learning, students are not only able to identify areas for improvement, but they are also evaluating how they learn, what they have learned, and how they did on a particular task, a skill required in the professional world beyond high school and post-secondary.

Similarly, both self- and peer-assessment require students to develop and make use of higher-order thinking skills, such as analyzing and evaluating. With self-assessment, these skills are often put to use as students reflect and analyze how they did on a particular task and evaluate areas of improvement. With peer-assessment, this occurs when students are asked to review a peer's work, reflect and analyze the quality, and evaluate this work based on a rubric to formulate constructive feedback.

Self-awareness

Self-awareness is defined as " the ability to see yourself clearly and objectively through reflection and introspection." It can have impacts long after high school, including better communication and decision-making skills, and the ability to build stronger relationships.

Both self- and peer-assessment contribute to an increased sense of self-awareness. Whereas self-assessment has students actively reflect on their learning and work, developing a heightened sense of how they learn best, peer-assessment encourages this self-awareness through the feedback process. By having students evaluate their peers' work, they are better able to understand different perspectives and therefore how their own perspective may be different.

21st Century Skills

In addition, peer-assessment and feedback have the added benefits of helping students develop collaboration and communication skills, both of which are noted as key emerging skills in the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2020.

Peer-feedback has students work together by asking them to provide feedback and then take the feedback received from peers to improve. Not only does this help students to work on their collaboration skills to produce a better outcome, but it also focuses on the development of communication skills, as students are tasked with providing clear feedback with a specific purpose or goal in mind.

While incorporating self- and peer-assessment into the classroom may seem like a challenge if it's new, it doesn't have to be. Here are a few tips to consider when looking to add this to your teaching practice.

1. Scaffold Teaching Self- and Peer-Assessment

Self-and peer-assessment are skills like any other, meaning that students won't become proficient in it overnight. By actively teaching students how to self- and peer-assess while scaffolding the process, students will become more confident in their ability to provide feedback to peers and be able to tackle it independently.

Start by explaining what self- and peer-assessment are, and why students will be taking part in it

Show examples of self-assessments and peer-feedback (both good and bad) and have a discussion on how it can be improved

Model what the self- and peer-feedback process looks like for students by walking through your thinking while giving feedback on a work sample

Start small by having students review something short and simple and giving students opportunities to ask questions throughout the process

Provide feedback on the self- and peer-assessments to share with students what they are doing well and areas where their assessments and feedback could be improved

2. Make it Consistent

While initially implementing self- and peer-assessment can take some time, the more often students are able to take part in it, the quicker and more effective the process will become.

Consider incorporating some form of self- or peer-assessment into each assignment or project that students do. Not only will it help students improve their ability to do these types of assessments, but they will have more opportunities to develop those higher-order thinking and 21st-century skills, which are so important beyond high school.

As you begin (or continue) to implement self- and peer-assessment in your class, here are a few resources to help with the process.

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How to Teach Students Self- and Peer-Assessment

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Self-and peer-assessment are not new practices in education. Yet, the ability to assess one's own and others' performance is a skill that many students find challenging. How can we effectively...

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My mentor teacher shared this AI tool with me that helps teachers create and brainstorm high-quality project-based learning assignments. This is great for assessment as it allows students to apply their learning which is higher Bloom's.

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More than just a portfolio builder, Inkwire helps learners curate their work for specific audiences and milestones in their academic journeys.

Portfolio Builder
Curate and reflect

Without having to learn an advanced design tool, learners will spend less time fiddling with layout and more time curating and reflecting on their work.

With our organizational directory, students can easily share their portfolios with peers, staff, and families. And with our showcase tools and reflection templates, use Inkwire to scaffold portfolio creation for events like family conferences or graduation portfolio presentations.

Design projects and conduct authentic performance assessments

Topics
Turn any activity into an authentic assessment

Allow students to demonstrate learning in a variety of ways--audio, video, links, documents--and have it displayed in beautiful gallery format to encourage sharing and feedback.

With support for embedding, whether it's Scratch projects, Flipgrid videos, 3D designs, or Google Slides, you can capture and display anything in Inkwire.

Everything a learner uploads goes into their digital Binder, accessible and easy-to-search at any time.

Spaces
Design & differentiate

Design a full project experience for students on Inkwire. Add another educator as a Designer to create interdisciplinary projects. Or, open up design access to students to collaboratively design personalized projects.

Provide instructions and resources so that students can have immediate access and go at their own pace-freeing up the teacher to provide individual support.

Ready to get started?

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More than just a portfolio builder, Inkwire helps learners curate their work for specific audiences and milestones in their academic journeys. Portfolio Builder Without having to learn an advanced design tool, learners will spend less time fiddling with layout and more time curating and reflecting on their work.

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Real-time answers from students, exit tickets, test prep, writing assessment, and data collection through reports on student work.

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Generate lessons with AI

Plan and deliver interactive lessons on any topic - with help from AI

I am teacher of 15 years who, until recently, has delved no more deeply into tech in the classroom, and here I am encouraging colleagues to come on in and see Curipod in action and leading CPD sessions. To top it off, I'm spending my evenings playing on my iPad to see how many new lessons I can create, and what new features have been added that week. The time saved, and the improvement in my lesson materials, is tangible.
- Read the full case study with Aileen Wallace

Curious?

Join our online workshop to find out how Curipod can work for you and your students!

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Join the growing movement of teachers using Curipod to make interactive lessons filled with creativity, reflection and critical thinking

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This tool has the option to align to a specific curriculum and helps to create lessons and assessments that can be differentiated.

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An integrated lesson planning platform

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The act of using a Large Language Model to write the basis for a generative educational resource. Generating content is only the first step.

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Look at generated content as a sculptor might a block of marble. Shape the raw material to suit your unique context. Use our suite of personalization tools to more deeply differentiate instruction.

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Eduaide.Ai is an AI-driven platform that helps educators create lesson plans, teaching resources, and assessments.

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Tool for providing recorded verbal feedback to students or to read question text to students who do not have those skills yet. A great differentiation skill for diverse learners or younger grades.

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Mote | fast, friendly voice notes & feedback

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Mote saves you time and builds relationships with fast, friendly voice notes & feedback. Start today at https://mote.com/signup

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This reading about teaching test-taking strategies to students was an ah-ha moment for me because we can't just assume that students know how to or that a pervious teacher taught them.

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Here are three basic test-taking strategies that elementary students should review prior to testing. Plus, download 10 free printable test-taking strategies resources that can be shared with students or hung in the elementary classroom.

Strategy 1: Review the Different Question Formats

To be successful on exams students must be familiar with the different question formats and feel comfortable moving between a scantron and their test packet.

A week or so before a high-stakes test, use specific test preparation strategies and handouts to review the different questions students will see on the exam.

It's always a good idea to review and practice multiple-choice (selected-response) strategies before an assessment. On multiple-choice tests, the vocabulary and layout of the answers can confuse students.

These are my six tips to help students feel like they Multiple-Choice Champions before a big test:

1. Reread the question. Make sure you understand what is being asked.

2. Come up with an answer to the question before looking at the list of choices.

3. Read ALL of the answers and cross out the choices that don't make sense.

4. Underline the section in the text or question that supports your reasoning.

5. Look carefully at similar-sounding answers. Find the more precise answer.

6. Select "All of the above" if two or three answers seem correct.

Download the Be A Multiple-Choice Champion Tip Sheet and hang it up in your classroom on the day of an exam. I guarantee your students will look at the poster sometime during the testing period to boost their confidence and recall strategies for answering multiple-choice questions.

Most schools have an acronym they use school-wide to help their students with open-ended responses. If your school has not adopted an acronym that is used throughout the school, I highly recommend you do. It promotes consistency as the students move from grade level to grade level. The acronym we use at my school is ACE:

Answer the question:

Turn the question into your answer and answer it

Cite an example:

Give a specific example from the text to support your answer

Extend your thinking

Give another example OR state another thought about the text that supports your answer

Help students remember how to answer open-ended responses with the ACE Open-Ended Responses Tip Sheet.

Finally, I review simple strategies that students can use to attack any question.

For older students, I have a list of suggestions for answering the various types of questions from multiple-choice to essay prompts.

For younger grades, I use a fabulous handout that delves into some of the strategies I discuss when reviewing multiple-choice questions and gives students concrete examples to look over.

This resource will show students the following strategies to puzzle out questions they may find confusing. It highlights the following strategies:

1. Substitute each answer in the blank

2. Justify answers my underlining information from the passage

3. Cross out answers that don't make sense

Strategy 2: Strengthen Student Vocabulary

Unfamiliar vocabulary in a literary text or a standardized test can confuse and/or discourage students.

Make sure your students are armed with the vocabulary strategies they need to come out victorious rather than feeling defeated after taking a test. Below are word strategy resources to ensure students come out on top!

Here are 10 terms students should know heading into a standardized test (words may vary depending on your state test). Download the 10 ELA Test Terms To Know Reference Sheet and review the words with students until you're confident they understand their meaning.

A similar download you may find useful is the 10 High-Stakes Test Terms to Know Poster. Teachers should incorporate these terms into classroom activities and should clarify how best to answer each question stem while the stakes are low.

For example, a teacher could ask an introductory question such as

"Infer from the reading on page 3 how Jimmy felt about his friends."

"Compare the reading we did for homework with the passage on the board."

"Analyze how Martha came to make the decision she did."

The last strategy/handout teaches students how to break down individual words and puzzle out their meanings. Here's an example using the word submersible:

STEP 1: BREAK THE WORD INTO SMALLER PARTS. LOOK FOR THE PARTS OF THE WORD YOU KNOW.

Submersible → sub mersible

What does the word sub make you think of?

You can investigate even further by asking, "Do subways and submarines have anything in common?"

Both are used for transportation and traveling from one point to another

Both are underground

STEP 2: LOOK FOR THE CONTEXT CLUES. WHAT DO THEY TELL YOU?

" Explorer, the submersible watercraft, sank deeper into the ocean."

From the passage clues, we know that:

Submersible is describing a feature of the watercraft.

The watercraft can travel deep into the ocean.

STEP 3: USE YOUR BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE.

I know a sub or submarine travels underwater.

The passage says, "...sank deeper into the ocean."
You can conclude that submersible means a vessel or vehicle that is capable of traveling and operating underwater.
This example is a great resource to share with students as a handout or you can hang up the poster on the classroom wall. Once students have reviewed this strategy, assign them words to break down using these three steps.

Strategy 3: Use Practice Prompts

As a literacy specialist, there are a few "key literary elements" that I make sure to emphasize in my teaching because I know they will help my students perform well.

Fortunately, these "key literary elements" support strong reading comprehension and should be focused on even if there were no standardized tests to be taken.

Available for download are reading practice prompts for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry texts. Download Sample Reading Prompts for Standardized Test Preparation for grades 3-5 now.

In Conclusion

Standardized tests can be stressful for students and teachers. Hopefully, these test-taking strategies for elementary students and accompanying resources will relieve some of the anxiety.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Vocab Gal's Favorite
Test Prep Resources

Strategies for Answering
Math Questions

Test-Taking Strategies Poster

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3 Test-Taking Strategies for Elementary Students (Includes 10+ Printables)

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Here are three basic test-taking strategies that elementary students should review prior to testing. Plus, download 10 free printable test-taking strategies resources that can be shared with students or hung in the elementary classroom. To be successful on exams students must be familiar with the different question formats and feel comfortable moving between a scantron and their test packet.

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Aligning Assessments, Learning Objectives, and Instruction

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Aligning Assessments, Learning Objectives, and Instruction

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This topic is one of my biggest takeaways from this course: the importance of aligning learning objectives with assessments and instructional activities for the best learning to occur.

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Assessments should reveal how well students have learned what we want them to learn while instruction ensures that they learn it. For this to occur, assessments, learning objectives, and instructional strategies need to be closely aligned so that they reinforce one another.

To ensure that these three components of your course are aligned, ask yourself the following questions:

Learning objectives: What do I want students to know how to do when they leave this course?

Assessments: What kinds of tasks will reveal whether students have achieved the learning objectives I have identified?

Instructional strategies: What kinds of activities in and out of class will reinforce my learning objectives and prepare students for assessments?

What if the components of a course are misaligned?

If assessments are misaligned with learning objectives or instructional strategies, it can undermine both student motivation and learning. Consider these two scenarios:

Your objective is for students to learn to apply analytical skills, but your assessment measures only factual recall. Consequently, students hone their analytical skills and are frustrated that the exam does not measure what they learned.

Your assessment measures students' ability to compare and critique the arguments of different authors, but your instructional strategies focus entirely on summarizing the arguments of different authors. Consequently, students do not learn or practice the skills of comparison and evaluation that will be assessed.

What do well-aligned assessments look like?

This table presents examples of the kinds of activities that can be used to assess different types of learning objectives (adapted from the revised Bloom's Taxonomy).

Type of learning objective

Examples of appropriate assessments

Recall
Recognize
Identify

Objective test items such as fill-in-the-blank, matching, labeling, or multiple-choice questions that require students to:

recall or recognize terms, facts, and concepts

Interpret
Exemplify
Classify
Summarize
Infer
Compare
Explain

Activities such as papers, exams, problem sets, class discussions, or concept maps that require students to:

summarize readings, films, or speeches

compare and contrast two or more theories, events, or processes

classify or categorize cases, elements, or events using established criteria

paraphrase documents or speeches

find or identify examples or illustrations of a concept or principle

Apply
Execute
Implement

Activities such as problem sets, performances, labs, prototyping, or simulations that require students to:

use procedures to solve or complete familiar or unfamiliar tasks

determine which procedure(s) are most appropriate for a given task

Analyze
Differentiate
Organize
Attribute

Activities such as case studies, critiques, labs, papers, projects, debates, or concept maps that require students to:

discriminate or select relevant and irrelevant parts

determine how elements function together

determine bias, values, or underlying intent in presented material

Evaluate
Check
Critique
Assess

Activities such as journals, diaries, critiques, problem sets, product reviews, or studies that require students to:

test, monitor, judge, or critique readings, performances, or products against established criteria or standards

Create
Generate
Plan
Produce
Design

Activities such as research projects, musical compositions, performances, essays, business plans, website designs, or set designs that require students to:

make, build, design or generate something new

This table does not list all possible examples of appropriate assessments. You can develop and use other assessments - just make sure that they align with your learning objectives and instructional strategies!

CONTACT US to talk with an Eberly colleague in person!

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Align Assessments, Objectives, Instructional Strategies - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University

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My mentor teacher used Math up in my practicum, which supplied teachers with assessments for the different units. I like the one-column rubric for math as there is plenty of room for comments and evidence of learning for each outcome.

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Math Up Estimating and Comparing Numbers - One Column Rubric

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This article is really inspiring and a good reminder always to be purposeful with what you are choosing to grade and what those grades mean. Grades should have a clear meaning and be representative of student learning.

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Kunnath - Creating meaningful grades.pdf

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This document supplies teachers with a wide range of formative assessments to use to ensure students are given different modes to demonstrate learning.

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The students use this website when they have extra time to practice literacy and numeracy skills. The website saves the students' results for the teacher to see what they may need support with.

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Boom Learning | Empowering teachers and students

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Boom Cards transform the classroom into an interactive, gamified learning experience with data to track progress and identify learning gaps.