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Formative instructional practices (FIP) are the formal and informal ways that teachers and students gather and respond to evidence of student learning.
Strong Assessment Design Starts With Clear Learning Targets
Clear learning targets help teachers: • Know what to teach and what activities to plan • Know what to assess • Create a system for tracking and reporting information • Accurately interpret and use assessment results • Know how to give effective feedback • Prepare students to take ownership of learning
Reasoning Targets • Thought processes students are to learn to apply effectively (e.g.,
inference, analysis, comparison, classification, evaluation, synthesis) Subject Example
Math Compare two fractions with different numerators and different Denominators.
ELA Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Social Studies
Explain how interactions among prehistoric peoples and historic American Indians and European settlers resulted in both cooperation and conflict.
Science Analyze and interpret data from experiments.
Physical Education
Modify group activities or game expectations to accommodate individuals with lesser or greater skills or special needs.
The Arts Compare and contrast visual forms of expression found throughout local regions and in different cultures of the world.
Skill Targets • Real-time demonstration or physical performance • Subjects such as physical education, fine arts, performing arts, and world
languages have skill targets at the core of their curriculum
Subject Example Math Measure the length of an object by using appropriate
tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes. ELA Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening
to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion. Social Studies
Work effectively in a group to complete a task or solve a problem for which the group is held accountable.
Science Follow safety precautions when using equipment.
Physical Education
Catch a bounced ball.
The Arts Play a variety of classroom instruments, independently or collaboratively, with increasingly complex rhythms and melodic phrases.
Using High-Quality Assessment Items Some ideas to keep in mind: • Start with clear learning targets and a strong blueprint. • When selecting items from a ‘bank’, double-check that
the item assesses the selected learning target(s). • When writing items, use a tool to review items for
clarity, accuracy, bias, distortion, etc. • Review all assessment results to check for the
accuracy and quality of items. Throw out items that were confusing, misleading, or biased.
Current • Creating Clear Learning Targets in English Language Arts • Creating Clear Learning Targets in Mathematics • Creating Clear Learning Targets in Social Studies • Creating Clear Learning Targets in Physical Education • FIP in Action: English Language Arts Grade 9-10 • FIP in Action: English Language Arts Grade 6 • FIP in Action: Social Studies Grade 7
Fall 2013 • Creating Clear Learning Targets in Science • FIP in Action: Math Grade 3 • FIP in Action: English Language Arts Grade 7 • FIP in Action: Social Studies Grade 6