UDL &

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTJason Zielinski

Director of Media ServicesNew Haven Community Schools

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Types of Assessments:Summative & Formative

Formative assessment, on the other hand, is the equivalent of feeding and watering the plants appropriate to their needs - directly affecting their growth.

If we think of our children as plants … Summative assessment of the plants is the process of simply measuring them. It might be interesting to compare and analyze measurements but, in themselves, these do not affect the growth of the plants.

Make Students thinking VISIBLE

Can be administered as a pre/post-test, hourly, daily, weekly, quarterly— & take many forms

On-Going Assessments that allow for timely adjustments to instructional strategies

Help validate instruction

Are usually informal &embedded in classroom instruction

Key Characteristics:

Summative AssessmentKey Characteristics

Pre-determined assessments such as State & National Test, Midterm and Final Exams

Provides information to multiple audiences

Allows for progress monitoring of achievement over multiple years

How does this work withUDL?

By incorporating UDL methods into formative assessments and lesson planning, the summative assessments offer few surprises.

The instructor AND the students already know what they know…you know?

Using UDL methods for Formative Assessment takes the “guesswork” out of MEAP, MME, ACT…

UDL Capstone Videohttp://tinyurl.com/UDLRocks

The How & When to UDL?

Formative Assessment:

Before/During Class:Classroom Response Systems (Clickers)

Polling Software via LanSchool/Blackboard/Texting

Blogging/Discussion Board Posts

After Class and @ Home:

Blackboard

Polling Software via LanSchool/Blackboard/TextingBlogging/Discussion Board Posts

Weekly & On-Going:Quizzes - Clicker/Blackboard/DataDirector

Multimedia Projects to engage learners

Presentations: PowerPoint/Prezi/Picasa/Animoto

Digital Stories

Animations

Videos

Many More!

CONCLUSION