Within your own home, as teachers to your children, it may not be as difficult to assess your student's (or students') progress. Nonetheless, I hope the information to follow will be helpful to you parents as well as to those of us who teach your precious progeny in the classroom.
The subject I wish to address is formative assessment. It's an education phrase that means, basically, we track the progress of our students "as we go." Sort of. The purpose of monitoring the progress of our students while we teach is to evaluate how much they've learned, how we need to adjust our teaching methods, and what learning objectives to pursue from that point.
Below is a link to me introducing you to three types of assessment:
Go here, please and thank you.
Okay, now that you've listened to that cacophony, let's move on.
"Why is formative assessment so important?"
Well, I'll tell you. Beware, you'll get to hear me again!!
Go here! Now!
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