The Formative Assessment of Standards (FASt) Project

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The Formative Assessment of Standards (FASt) Project 

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The Formative Assessment of Standards (FASt) Project focused on building the capacity of instructors to create and use performance-based formative assessments to capture student progress on the College and Career Readiness Standards for English Language Arts, ESOL, or Math. This page offers a sampling of the formative assessments that were developed and the professional development resources that supported the project.

 

Formative Assessment Projects

ESL

• Carmen Perez, Chelsea Intergenerational Literacy Program – Multiple tools for assessing progress on writing for publication
• Matthew Ryckebusch, Workers’ Education Program/UMass Dartmouth – A rubric and checklist for assessing the ability to make an appointment by phone
• Elizabeth McDowell, Literacy Volunteers of East Bay – Reflective questions to support simple narrative writing
• Susan Niazy, Literacy Volunteers of East Bay – A checklist and rubric for basic literacy

 

Math

• Nicole McNeil, Holyoke Adult Learning Opportunities – A rubric to assess the ability to create a circle graph of a budget and present the information
• Christine Bjork, ERACE Branford Adult Ed – A class checklist to assess ability to create a fractional pie chart and develop recommendations from its information
• Laura Bryant, RSU 24 Adult Education – Discussion to assess ability to use and describe multiple problem-solving strategies
• Lyn Michaud Smith, Eastern Aroostook Adult and Continuing Education – A rubric/study guide for interpreting functions

 

ELA

• Robin Letendre, Salem Continuing Education – A student-generated checklist to assess the ability to make inferences
• Donald France, Jr., Workers’ Education Program/UMass Dartmouth – A graphic organizer, discussion questions, and checklist on making inferences
• Phil Wormuth, RSU 24 Adult Education – A self-assessment and teacher rubric on asking effective questions

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Project Handouts

• FASt description and application
• CCR-based Writing Assessment Example
• Developing a Math Assessment with Students
• FASt Documentation Template
• Final Project Rubric

 

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Formative Assessment Resources

• Using the CCR to Assess Math
• Project-based formative assessment
• TEAL Formative Assessment Fact Sheet
• TEAL Writing to Learn Prompts
• ETS Linking Classroom Assessment with Student Learning
• Misconceptions about Formative Assessment: an Ed Week Q&A with Richard Stiggins

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