Four-step formative assessment cycle: create assignments, assist students through immediate feedback, assess class performance, analyze answers together

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Description

The report organizes the intervention around a "4-step formative assessment process (Heritage & Popham, 2013) that is integrated throughout the ASSISTments platform": (1) create assignments aligned with grade-level standards using OERs or Skill Builders; (2) assist students through immediate feedback, hints, and explanations; (3) assess class performance by reviewing reports to identify needs; and (4) analyze answers together by projecting anonymized reports for whole-class discussion of misconceptions. The vPLC embedded this cycle across its session content.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Teachers must review performance reports to identify student needs and inform future instruction, and project anonymized reports for whole-class review.

Constraints

• The cycle's ultimate goal, as stated, is to improve student math achievement; sessions 2 through 6 each highlighted different report features to build teachers' instructional toolkit over time.

Target Learners

• Middle school math teachers and their grade 6-8 students

Learning Goals

• Formative assessment practice and improved student math achievement

Claims

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• vPLC-augmented ASSISTments intervention with four-step formative assessment process

Examples

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Key Sources

• Feng, M., Li, L., Brezack, N., Huang, C.-W., Luttgen, K., Grady, J., Yang, S., Lavine, A., Collins, K., & Schneider, M. (2025). Scaling teachers' professional development for ASSISTments: Evaluation final report. WestEd. https://WestEd.org

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title	Four-step formative assessment cycle: create assignments, assist students through immediate feedback, assess class performance, analyze answers together
description	The report organizes the intervention around a "4-step formative assessment process (Heritage & Popham, 2013) that is integrated throughout the ASSISTments platform": (1) create assignments aligned with grade-level st...
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