What are common formative assessments?
A common formative assessment (CFA) is an assessment used for learning, that is, for teams of teachers to identify:
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Which students are proficient in the learning targets that lead to mastery of the GVC
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Which student need additional time and support
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Which teaching practices elicited the best results
CFAs should assess the learning targets/GVC that was established by the team. Every assessment a teacher gives does not have to be a CFA BUT teams do need to agree that they will give a CFA for every unit of instruction that measures learning targets and GVC.
Can we use the textbook or program assessments that we purchased?
Teams should not simply adopt a packaged assessment from a textbook or program and declare it their common formative assessment. Instead, teams should review the questions from these assessments and identify which of these accurately assess a student’s knowledge of the GVC/learning targets.
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