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Students can informally answer multiple choice questions by moving to the corner of the room that corresponds to their preferred answer choice.

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Students will pair together and provide each other with a question. After, they can debrief and give feedback to the answers.

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This involves splitting up a topic or content of choice between groups. Each group will dig really deep into their assigned area, and then everyone comes back together at the end to share.

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Serves as a very short summary of the day. It can access what they learned by asking students to write 2 or 3 take-aways from the day.

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Students can create and record a film that reviews and summarizes the information they learned. They will then present it.

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Students will compare and contrast two concepts/topics and show their understanding of similarities and differences using a venn diagram graphic organizer.

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http://cmrweb.gfps.k12.mt.us/uploads/2/7/3/6/27366965/formative_assessment_ppt.pdf

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Teacher provides a topic or question on the board, and all students come up to give their input by writing their thoughts around the question. This is appropriate for guided questions and critical thinking questions in maybe 3rd grade+.

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This is a self reflection assessment which allows students to express what they already know, want to know, and have learned. Appropriate for maybe 2nd grade and older.

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Students will write out 3 summarizing points of what they learned, 2 connections or things they found interesting, and 1 remaining question. This allows for direct communication with the teacher to analyze where the class is at in terms of general understanding of material, as well as what they questions they need to answer. This would be appropriate for older elementary grades.

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This is a quick formal assessment that allows students to close their eyes and give the teacher feedback to a question or series of questions using a thumbs-up/ thumbs down strategy to answer the question without other students seeing any of the responses. This is usually appropriate when asking about student understanding of the material. You can use this with any age.

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This is a reading assessment that calculates a student's wpm rate, fluency, and reading accuracy.. This is used starting in elementary and continues on.

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Using your fingers to tell the teacher on a scale from 1-5 where their understanding is. 1 would be needed the most help and 5 would be fully understanding. This can be appropriate for all grades.

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Spelling tests can measure a students' ability to spell words and monitor what elements they are struggling with in literacy. Spelling inventories are appropriate for kindergarten and up.

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Clickers can be used for formative multiple choice quizzes or summative exams. In each case, they are used as just a differentiation form of multiple choice/true or false questions.

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Most systems immediately grade answers for teachers, and are fun/exciting for students.

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They have a lot of malfunctions, and can be overwhelming to get set up for an entire class. Also, you have to teach students how to use them correctly so they don't input the wrong answer on accident.

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Essays can be either or, depending on what the teacher wants the students to write about. For formative, it can be an analyzation or compare/contrast of a small topic. Then for summative, it could be an essay explaining and summarizing everything they learned at the end of a unit. Both are appropriate for grades that have developed writing skills.

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Students can be asked to write a written response explaining what they took away from or learned about a topic, and share it with their peers on a discussion board. Appropriate for older ages, possibly middle school and higher.

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These require all students to answer the same exact questions with the same exact answer choices, to be graded across a standard manner. This is used in all grades and are usually state mandated.

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Allows for comparisons about achievements and areas of difficulties.

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They don't necessary measure all that a student is capable of, and unfortunately is used most of the time to paint a false picture of the whole child.

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These usually serve as a project that is completed at the end of exploring or learning a large unit. It is a creative assessment that is typically used with project based learning.  Definitely recommend this for older grades.

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A final exam is a summative test that is given at the end of a course to access student understanding of the material learned during the entire course. It can be given as a multiple choice exam, a written exam, or even a final project. It is appropriate for older grade levels.

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Kahoot is a fun game online that interacts with an app that the students will compete to answer multiple choice questions on. Formative because it's usually a review of material. Appropriate for 1st grade+

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A book report is summative because it serves as a final summary after a student has finished reading a book. It is appropriate for independent readers.

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Usually is an assessment at the end of the unit for a subject area. Designed to cover all of the material from that particular unit. These are typically given as a multiple choice test or free response. Appropriate for all grades.

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Jeopardy is an interactive game hosted by the teacher and played by the class where they compete for points by receiving a question and coming up with the correct answer. It is formative because it will usually be done as a review game to see what the students know.

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A mind map is used as a formative summary assessment tool to quickly reflect on what was learned and make connections on paper. I would say it is appropriate for older grades.

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https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/formative-assessment-examples/

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Gets students active; fun.
Gives teacher clear view of who has the right answer.

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Some students may not want others to see that they are choosing an answer. For example, if one student is in a corner by himself he may feel embarrassed.

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Allows for 1-on-1 assessing with someone their same age. They aren't getting graded so not as much pressure. Also, they get to explain to a peer the right answer and how they understood it.

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Students may feel uncomfortable or struggle to come up with an assessment question for their peer if they don't understand the topic themselves.

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https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/formative-assessment-examples/

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Allows for each group to really dig into a specific part of the topic and work with peers to find an understanding.

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Each group will only get to hear summarizing points from the other groups, so they may not have a full understanding of sections besides their own.

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https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/formative-assessment-examples/

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Very quick and straight to the point for the teacher to see the classes' overall understanding and questions.

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Students may rush through exit tickets to get out of class.

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Resource: used in all previous classes.

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Works on their oral presentation skills as well as peer collaboration.

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Access to appropriate video recording materials, and video recording/editing skills.

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https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/formative-assessment-examples/

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Graphic organizers help prompt student thinking and organization. Clear visual guide for comparing and contrasting.

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Can only be used specifically for comparing and contrasting; not a very broad tool for assessing.

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Teacher can ask question and students respond on personal whiteboards. All students raise whiteboard to show their responses. Appropriate for 1st grade +

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Quick and easy responses that teacher can quickly scan while walking

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Students can very easily copy their neighbors answers/wait to see what everyone else writes.

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Resource: Used in all of my previous classes

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Classroom communication!! Every student gets equal opportunity to share their answer. When it's over, it is a unique visual to see the overall picture of what the class learned/has to say about the topic or question.

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https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/formative-assessment-examples/

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Student and teacher communication about what they understand and what they're interested to learn more about.

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These are usually revisited at the end of a unit, so it is not a quick assessment tool.

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https://www.wdt.edu/assets/docs/uploads/ported/2012/12/Formative-assessment.pdf

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An easy assessment tool for summarizing what they know and questions they may have. This one also emphasizes connections which is interesting.

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Sometimes it can be hard to come up with a meaningful question, especially if you feel that you understand something fully.

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Resource: Used in my current 3305 class.

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Since their heads are down, students usually feel comfortable sharing this information this way without the rest of the class knowing! Also, it's easy for teacher to quickly visually scan the classes' answers.

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Some students may peek up to look at their peers' answers.

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It allows the teacher to record reading errors and reading difficulties as the student reads. They are kept on record overtime to monitor progress

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Every teacher may do running record markings a little bit differently. Can be time consuming because each child has to be pulled individually to be accessed.

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Resource: Used in ECE 3320 class

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Quick assessment tool, easy to scan class for the answers.

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It can be kind of hard for a student to determine on a number scale in my opinion.

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https://www.wdt.edu/assets/docs/uploads/ported/2012/12/Formative-assessment.pdf

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The inventories break down each word into key feature points such as initial consonant sounds, vowel blends, inflected endings, etc. This allows the teacher to observe very specific patterns of understandings and struggles.

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The chart can take a long time to fill out.

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https://www.wdt.edu/assets/docs/uploads/ported/2012/12/Formative-assessment.pdf

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Resources: Used in ECE3300 and ECE3300

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Observed in my field experience.

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Allows student to fully elaborate and express their thoughts through their writing. Teachers can see to what depth of understanding a student has on the topic based on the length and amount of supporting details used.

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Some students have difficulties with expressing their thoughts in writing, and are better at oral explanations.

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https://www.wdt.edu/assets/docs/uploads/ported/2012/12/Formative-assessment.pdf

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They can share their thoughts with their peers, as well as respond to everyone else's discussion posts.

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Students have to have access to internet to do the posts. Also, it is very easy to copy other student work this way. Or in general, re-word their response.

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Resource: Used in every class at KSU.

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Resource: Personal experience with SAT, CRCT

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Peer collaboration and creative way to explore a concept and show your understanding.

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Can be time consuming because students should be given and ample amount of time to research, explore, and compile their information into a portfolio.

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Engages students because it is a competitive game! Easy to do at the end of class before transitions. Serves as a super quick formative review. It also keeps track of student scores for the teacher, and student! It is also free.