Jonesboro+and+Bryant+Info


 * Formative catches the child before the summative - informing instruction. What do they know before they get there. **


 * Jonesboro- **
 * Attended Solution Tree conference on Formative Assessments **
 * use Kathy Richardson materials **


 * identifying power standards - Took the standard and took it apart and began making assessments; uses CGI, embedding it with reasoning targets - CGI, fluency, etc., knowledge targets - easy to recall **
 * Then, decided on learning targets, decide how long you would teach and when you would assess. **
 * Mapped out learning targets (learning progressions) **
 * How to choose the Power Standards: one standard per grade based on certain criteria: how will it help them in the next grade(next level of learning), are they expected to retain the skill after the test, is it applicable to many academic disciplines. **


 * Formative Assessments strictly used for getting your students to what you want them to know, i.e. TOTD, etc. **
 * “We will teach this part of the standard for a week - then give a common formative assessment for teacher understanding of who has met the standard and what to do w/those who didn’t.” **


 * Bryant- **
 * Literacy writing curriculum then formative assessments **
 * Dibels, DRA, DSA, running records. **
 * TLI is used as more of a common summative than as a common formative, although it is also used as a diagnostic tool. **
 * NWEA-9th grade Academy **
 * TLI: K-11-Math, Literacy, Science **


 * Conway - We can take the TLI data and drop it into PLATO and get diagnostic info. **