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Thoughts by subscribers on formative assessment.

From NIFL Assessment Discussion List, January 23 – 29, 2007
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Materials need to fit (students') skills and be useful and current as well as align with your program goals and course outlines...
Virginia Tardaewether

I find that often my 'formative assessment' is unplanned.
Susan Reid

At the end of the lesson we, the teachers, discuss whether more instruction is needed (for the class as a whole or for individuals) or whether we can move on to the next skill in the curriculum.
Jeanette Schandelmeier

(Developing and updating student IEPs is) more work in the beginning but it works better organizationally for me in the long run and the students like being able to see what they're doing, where they are and where they're going.
Katrina Hinson

I generally tend to follow a lesson plan, but as I gain more experience, I'm learning to be flexible when things are working right and if something comes up - such as a teachable moment or impromptu discussion. I try to keep to the plan, but sometimes you have to have a little variety in your routine to keep the students interested.
Bryan Woerner

The lesson plan is always a big picture and the students fit into that big picture or better yet, the big picture fits around my students because I modify any given day based on the needs and wants and desires of my students.
Katrina Hinson

I think learners knowing where they are at and being able to work that out themselves is critical to the concept of independent lifelong learning.
Susan Reid

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