ELD Formative Assessment & Feedback

ELD Formative Assessment & Feedback:

A Recursive Process

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Session Learning Objectives

In this session, teachers will:

• take a deeper dive into how and when to use formative assessments

• exchange ideas and resources on formative assessment and feedback based on ELA learning targets focusing on receptive and productive language within the four domains of listening, speaking, reading and writing
• take a deeper dive into how feedback is effective for enhancing student success and exchange ideas on how to personalize feedback for even greater effect
• leave the session equipped with tools and resources to aid in providing effective formative assessment and feedback to their learners

Presenters

Jeannie Krimmel

Kelly Ospina

Mary Geesaman

Danielle Schiavoni

ELD Program Specialist K-8

ELD Instructional Coach

ELD Program Specialist 6-12

ELD Curriculum Coordinator

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Agenda

Norms

Objectives

resources

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What is formative assessment?

Formative Assessment Goal

The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments:

• help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work
• help faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately

Source: University, Carnegie Mellon. “Formative vs Summative Assessment - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University.” Formative vs Summative Assessment - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University, 2024, www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formative-summative.html#:~:text=The%20goal%20of%20formative%20assessment,target%20areas%20that%20need%20work.

When to provide Formative Assessments

Formative assessment tasks can take many forms:

• planned and opportunistic
• individual and group
• brief and extended
• informal and formal

They can happen:

• On-the fly (teachable moment)
• Planned-for interaction (purposeful)
• Curriculum-embedded(inserted at specific point in a unit)

Source: Laura Alvarez, Sri Ananda, Aída Walqui, Edynn Sato, and Stanley Rabinowitz. “Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English ...” Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners , 2016, www.wested.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1391626953FormativeAssessment_report5-3.pdf.

How to provide Formative Assessments

Formative assessments are generally low stakes, which means that they have low or no point value. Examples of formative assessments include asking students to:

• draw a concept map in class to represent their understanding of a topic
• submit one or two sentences identifying the main point of a lecture
• turn in a research proposal for early feedback

Source: University, Carnegie Mellon. “Formative vs Summative Assessment - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University.” Formative vs Summative Assessment - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University, 2024, www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formative-summative.html#:~:text=The%20goal%20of%20formative%20assessment,target%20areas%20that%20need%20work.

Group Activity

Break-Out Rooms

Mission: Based on your group's student-friendly learning target, develop Standard-Based Formative Assessments for each ELP level.

share out with the whole group

The person in your group with the closest birthday to today - please share what your group discussed.

Guiding Question: How will you use this formative assessment to gauge student understanding of a learning target? Possible ideas: to reteach, spend more time or move forward.

Quick Zoom Survey

How Important Do You Think Teacher Feedback Is?

Interesting Facts about feedback

High Instructional effect size - Hattie Scale

0.73

15th

Rank of Influence

Effect Size

Feedback When?

Out of 150 of influence factors

John Hattie Effect Size Scale High effect size over 0.40

Twice in a lesson - during the lesson and after an assessment

Feedback

Characteristics of Effective Feedback

• Method & Media: manner of feedback. Ex. 1:1 conference, video feedback, written feedback

• Educative Comments: teach through feedback

• Personalized: feedback specifically about the ELs' performance

• Measured Amounts: limit feedback corrections so ELs are not overwhelmed and shutdown; the Power of 3!

• Tone & Voice: positive feedback 1st, then corrections

• Timely: ASAP to have an impact

FEEDback

Let's Discuss:

What method do you use for feedback? Success rate? Examples: Video and Audio feedback are most effective according to research How do you personalize feedback for DLPs? For writing or speaking assignments/tests? Give an example of what meaningful, personalized feedback you provide to ELs typically

resources

Wrap-Up

Review

Discuss & explore the function of formative assessment Collaborate to create formative assessments for ELP levels 1-4 Connect assessments to feedback Recognize the various types of feedback Analyze & share components of effective feedback Examine resources

PD Session Survey

Agenda

Discuss & explore the function of formative assessment Collaborate to create formative assessments for ELP levels 1-4 Connect assessments to feedback Recognize the various types of feedback Analyze & share components of effective feedback Examine resources

Source: Laura Alvarez, Sri Ananda, Aída Walqui, Edynn Sato, and Stanley Rabinowitz. “Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English ...” Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners , 2016, www.wested.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1391626953FormativeAssessment_report5-3.pdf.

Source: Laura Alvarez, Sri Ananda, Aída Walqui, Edynn Sato, and Stanley Rabinowitz. “Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English ...” Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners , 2016, www.wested.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1391626953FormativeAssessment_report5-3.pdf.

Source: Laura Alvarez, Sri Ananda, Aída Walqui, Edynn Sato, and Stanley Rabinowitz. “Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English ...” Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners , 2016, www.wested.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1391626953FormativeAssessment_report5-3.pdf.

• Positively be here now

• Take an inquiry stance

• Evidence based

• Responsible for impact

• Stick to protocol

• Hear all voices

• Start & end on time