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Western Dakota Tech. 54 different examples of formative assessment. [PDF file]. Retrieved from https://www.wdt.edu/assets/docs/uploads/ported/2012/12/Formative-assessment.pdf

Melissa, A. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/blog/1559-12-awesome-formative-assessment-examples

Joyce, C. (2008). Venn diagrams. Retrieved from https://arbs.nzcer.org.nz/venn-diagrams

Using technology in the classroom with Nearpod. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nearpod.com/how-it-works

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How To: Teachers place signs in the corners of the room and ask the students prompts and questions. The students then go to the corner that correlates with their answer.
Purpose: The purpose is for students to be able to answers questions silently about how they feel about a certain question or prompt.
Strengths: This activity allows students to silently communicate to the teacher how they feel while also being able to move around and be engaged in the activity.
Weaknesses: Students may become distracted due to the movement involved in the activity. Students may be influenced by their peers so answers may not be completely honest.

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How To: Students are given a series of questions in a variety of formats as a benchmark in the middle of units to test their knowledge.
Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to see the depth of the students understanding in the middle of the unit to see what the class still needs more time with.
Strengths: It is a great benchmark for the middle of a unit. Teachers can use that information to design future lessons.
Weaknesses: Students can have anxiety when it comes to taking quizzes.

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How To: A student or group of students are given a white board where they work on problems and share out their solution.
Purpose: The purpose of the white boards is to give the students a way to write out their solutions and easily share with their classmates to spark discussion.
Strengths: By having students share their solutions and ideas, they are being encouraged to discuss their thinking and reasoning.
Weaknesses: If students are doing this all at the same time, teachers may not be able to see how students answer the solutions which may make it an ineffective way to assess a class.

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How To: Students write down what they did during the lesson, why they did it, and how they can apply it.
Purpose: The purpose is for students to reflect on and process and why they participated in the lesson and what they learned from it.
Strengths: It allows students to self-assess and self-reflect on the lesson. It also allows teachers to see what student got out of the lesson and to use the information to design future lessons.
Weaknesses: Students may not be motivated to reflect on the lesson that they just participated in.

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How To: Students read a passage while the teacher records the accuracy and comprehension of their reading.
Purpose: The purpose is to keep track of the students process of reading accuracy, fluency and comprehension and to collect data throughout the school year on those reading skills.
Strengths: This allows teachers to see individually how the students are progressing throughout the year and see what specific areas they need to work on.
Weaknesses: This form of assessment can be very time consuming as most teachers do running records once a week.

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How To: Students have two index cards at their desk, one green and one red. When following along, they can hold up a green card when they understand and a red card when they've missed information or don't understand something.
Purpose: The purpose of the index cards is to quickly assess whether more time needs to be spent on the lesson.
Strengths:  It is a way for students to silently communicate to the teacher about their understanding and allows the teacher to change the lesson in the moment to make it the most effective.
Weaknesses: The teacher may not see this silent communication from the student. Students are unable to communicate what specifically they are not understanding.

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How To: Students will write down two things they enjoyed or learned from the chapter or lesson and one thing they disliked or was confused by.
Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to see what needs to be worked on more during the next lesson and what can be expanded on if the students have interest in it.
Strengths: This allows students to reflect on the chapter or lesson and gives teacher feedback from individuals to find classroom trends.
Weaknesses: If students did not enjoy a part of the lesson or chapter, they will not have much to reflect on.

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How To: Students simply nod yes or no during the lesson on if they understand or not.
Purpose: The purpose of the quick nod is to conduct a very quick assessment on whether or not to move on with the lesson or if more time is needed on the content.
Strengths: This is a very quick and effective assessment.
Weaknesses: It may be so quick that students will not be aware it happened. Students may also be nervous to admit their incomplete understanding.

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How To: Students are told to draw and sketch a picture of their understanding.
Purpose: The purpose is to have students represent their understanding through a visual and creative representation.
Strengths: Students are given a creative outlet to show their understanding through. Teachers can use this information to design the next lesson.
Weaknesses: Some students may not be able to represent their thinking and understanding through drawing or art.

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How To: Teachers design tests that include knowledge from the unit of learning the class has just finished.
Purpose: The purpose of the end of the unit test is too assess what content and understanding the students obtained from the unit of learning.
Strengths: This test allows teachers to see what made sense to the students from the unit. It also allows the teacher to see individual results as well as classroom trends of understanding.
Weaknesses: Students may have test anxiety so results will be an incorrect representation.

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How To: Teacher takes time to talk with students one-on-one and ask them questions about their understanding of the unit of learning they are working on.
Purpose: The purpose is for the teacher to individually find out about a students understanding in a one-on-one environment.
Strengths: Student may feel more comfortable to talk to a teacher by themselves about things they are struggling with. Teachers have a chance to understand how the students are understanding the concept.
Weaknesses: This assessment can be a bit time consuming. Students may also be shy when talking to the teacher one-on-one.

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How To: Teachers provide students a prompt that is connected to the unit of learning. Students must write a paper based on a prompt to present their knowledge.
Purpose: The purpose is for students to represent what they have learned from a unit of learning through written form.
Strengths: This allows students to write out their thinking and explain it in depth.
Weaknesses: Some students may not be able to write down their thoughts very easily. Some students may struggle a lot with writing skills, even if they have a plethora of knowledge of the subject they need to be writing about.

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How To: Nearpod is a website that allows teachers to design interactive lessons with questions embedded into the lesson.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide interactive and engaging lessons for students that have assessments embedded into it that are specifically designed for a specific class.
Strengths: The website is free for schools and teachers to use. It also allows teachers to design lessons for their specific class that are very engaging and interactive. Also allows students to be assessed throughout the lesson.
Weaknesses: This technology may be distracting or confusing for some students to use. Students in lower grades may not be able to use technology

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How To: Kahoot! is an website that allows teachers to design quizzes that students can answer on a device. They can answer it individually or with a group. The speed of their answers are recorded by the website and the winner is whoever answer the questions the fastest and with the most accuracy.
Purpose: The purpose is provide an interactive way for teachers to quiz students on their knowledge in a competitive way.
Strengths: The technology is free to everyone so schools can afford it. It also allows teachers to see what questions students struggle with.
Weaknesses: The competitiveness of the game may be intimidating for people. Students may also have the knowledge but not be able to answer the questions fast enough. It may be hard for teachers to record what students answered which questions correctly due to the fast-paced nature of the game.

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How To: Teachers design an exit ticket that can comprise of a question or two that asks the students what they learned that day. They have to submit it to the teacher before they are allowed to leave the room.
Purpose: The purpose is to give feedback to the teacher to assist in designing the next lesson.
Strengths: This allows teachers to plan an effective lesson for the next day. It also provides feedback of the class as a whole, as well as individually.
Weaknesses: Students may not feel motivated to write a lot about what they learned because it's at the end of the day/lesson.

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How To: Students prepare a product that they present in front of their peers and teacher.
Purpose: The purpose is for students to show what they learned from the previous unit of learning.
Strengths: Presentations give students a variety of options on how they would like to show their learning. It's especially helpful to those who have testing anxiety.
Weaknesses: Students may have stage fright and not want to talk in front of their peers. Teachers may also have difficulty seeing everything that the students learned through one presentation.

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How To: Before a lesson, students fill in what they already know within the the chart. After the main part of the lesson, they fill in what they have learned from the lesson.
Purpose: This is a great way to teach students about making connections to past lessons and experiences.
Strengths: Students learn to make connections. Students also get to reflect on the lesson they just participated in. This reflections allows the teacher to see what the students got out of the lesson.
Weaknesses: If done by a whole class, the teacher may not be able to call on everyone so they wouldn't be able to assess the students individually.

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How To: Teacher draws out two columns for students to sort or compare and contrast ideas.
Purpose: T-Charts are a visual representation of sorting or comparing and contrasting for students to sort their thought and teachers to see how they are sorting their thoughts.
Strengths: This graphic organizer allows teachers to get a quick understanding of how they are sorting ideas or concepts.
Weaknesses: This visual representation may be confusing to some students. If done by a whole class, teacher may not be able to call on everyone, and therefore, wouldn't be able to assess every student.

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How To: Students are presented with a problem or question and are given time to think about it quietly. They are then told to partner up and share their thoughts with their partner.
Purpose: Think-Pair-Share allows students to be active in a class discussion and allows them to defend their opinion or solution to the problem.
Strengths: Sharing with a partner allows students to openly discuss their opinion in a safe place. This also lets students hear other students ideas which may influence their own and help open their minds.
Weaknesses: Students may be too shy to share out their ideas with their peers. If left to discuss for too long, students may get off topic and begin discussing something else.

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How To: States and Counties assign benchmark tests to assess students understanding of standards. This test is given the same way to all students and it taken very seriously.
Purpose: The purpose is to assess students understanding of content and material throughout an entire grade and where they are in understanding compared to their peers.
Strengths: Standardized test provide data for states and counties to use when designing and planning for upcoming school years.
Weaknesses: Not all students perform well during testing and the data may be incorrect due to testing anxiety.

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How To: Students are given a remote and questions are projected on the board or given to the students on a piece of paper and they can answer in their answers which are immediately saved by the computer program.
Purpose: Teachers can use clickers to conduct quick formative assessments or conduct summative assessments at the end a certain standard or unit.
Strengths: This program gives teachers immediate feedback for both formative and summative type assessments. It can also save time on grading.
Weaknesses: This technology may be too expensive for some schools to purchase. The technology may not be easy enough to use for Kindergarten and younger grades.

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How To: Students draw two interlocking circles and use that to compare and contrast two things, ideas, or concepts.
Purpose: They allow students to have a visual representation of comparing and contrasting two ideas.
Strengths: This technique requires the students to use a higher level of thinking. It also allows students to write out their thinking and see it in a visual representation.
Weaknesses: Venn Diagrams can be limiting in the amount of information that can be fit in it and may be confusing for some students.

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How To: Students will receive sticky notes and be able to place it on one of three boards. The three boards stand for "Completely Understand", " Kind of Understand", and "Don't Understand At All".
Purpose: This is a way for teachers to see how well students understand the material and give a chance for students to self-assess.
Strengths: This is a quick way for students to get up and move around the classroom while also giving teachers feedback on what they need to focus on during the lesson. It also gives students the chance to self-assess.
Weaknesses: This could cause disruption since it requires lots of movement. Students may  not be completely honest because they may be embarrassed to admit they do not understand something in front of their peers.

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How To: Teachers ask students challenging questions that assist students who struggle and also steer them in the right direction if they are veering off course. It also allows the teacher to quickly see where the student is in their understanding of the material.
Purpose: This is an effective way to see the depth of understanding of an individual student and the content.
Strengths: Teachers can see the specific content that the student is struggling with.
Weaknesses: This assessment can be very time consuming. Teachers may not have time to ask every individual student guiding questions to see their depth of understanding.

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How To: Teachers will ask if students understanding of the subject or content of the lesson. They could use a simple thumbs up, thumbs down technique or use fist to five technique where students hold up the number of fingers that correlate with their level of understanding.
Purpose: This is a quick and effective tool for teachers to use throughout lessons to judge the effectiveness of their teaching and the level of their students understanding. They may use this to change the lesson while it is taking place for it to best help their students.
Strengths: Teachers are able to quickly see if students have an understanding of the material during the lesson. It is also a way for students to self-assess.
Weaknesses: This method may be time consuming and not completely accurate. Students may feel embarrassed to admit they do not understand in front of their peers.