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November 09, 2015 1 min read
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Using formative-assessment strategies, 糖心动漫vlog can gather information about what students are learning while they鈥檙e learning it. In these two videos, see how formative-assessment techniques play out in the classroom.

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In this video, Jefferson City, Mo., teacher Melissa Vernon discusses what strong and weak models of writing look like with her 1st grade class:

In this video, teacher Crystal Thayer uses a 鈥渃ommit and toss鈥 activity that allows her to get a read on her 4th graders鈥 misunderstandings about mammals. Thayer teaches in Lewis County schools in Tollesboro, Ky.:


SOURCE: CHAPPUIS, JAN, SEVEN STRATEGIES OF ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING, 2nd, 漏2015. Reproduced by permission of Pearson Education, Inc., New York, New York.

A version of this article appeared in the November 11, 2015 edition of Education Week as Formative-Assessment Videos

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