Key Element #4: Formative Assessments are Used as a Roadmap to Success
As Stiggins says, formative assessments are checkpoints along the way so both teachers and students can gauge if learning is on course. Using the roadmap analogy, this means that a key element of formative assessment is having a clear destination, a clear progression for reaching the destination, and carefully defined evidence to determine whether learning is proceeding to the destination. Having a roadmap helps teachers plan focused instruction and allows students to learn in manageable steps.
Stiggins compares formative assessments to a road map with checkpoints along the way.
What is another analogy for assessment?
