Establish site-based professional learning structured around the three inquiry questions¶

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Description¶

The brief recommends that leaders establish professional learning in which teachers engage in "ongoing and iterative learning driven by three questions: Where am I going? Where am I now? What should I learn next?" Teachers clarify goals, collect and interpret evidence of how students use formative assessment practices, and plan next steps. Suggested structures include "in-person or video-based peer observations using formative assessment protocols," review of model lessons, video study, and integration into existing PLCs.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Leaders must schedule ongoing structured opportunities and use current evidence of teacher and student learning to select next steps

Constraints¶

• Teachers need new resources and tools to notice and use evidence, just as students do

Target Learners¶

• K-12 teachers developing formative assessment expertise

Target Learning Goals¶

• integrating daily formative assessment routines grounded in evidence of student learning

Affordances¶

• Five Practice Leadership Framework Formative Assessment

Related Strategies¶

• Feed Up, Feed Back, Feed Forward Model
• Use evaluation to drive a cycle of improvement on incentive design and implementation

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Gerzon, N., & Jones, B. (2020). Lessons learned about leading the implementation of formative assessment: A framework for school leaders and leadership teams. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED606088