tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339910176549966696.post6328089499046233785..comments2023-06-16T09:50:28.728-04:00Comments on I am a teacher et cetera: Formative vs. MasteryJennifer Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459363843692965338noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339910176549966696.post-26156663812759496852010-08-21T14:16:12.852-04:002010-08-21T14:16:12.852-04:00Wow! Thanks for such great feedback. I, too, am ...Wow! Thanks for such great feedback. I, too, am a big believer in formative assessment. Here's what I'm wondering about how I set up my gradebook in terms of this idea of mastery: would it make sense to record formative grades temporarily or make it so that they do not count towards the quarter or semester grade? I wonder this because I wonder if my more formative grades (like responses to discussion questions and online posts, paragraph responses, etc.) are a fair assessment of what students actually learn. I use a lot of formative assessments that I assign points to and I'm thinking this goes against the idea/goals of formative assessment. What do you think?Jennifer Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459363843692965338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339910176549966696.post-32003792065535991812010-08-21T13:17:48.799-04:002010-08-21T13:17:48.799-04:00What is "mastery?" Is it even possible? ...What is "mastery?" Is it even possible? As a high school kid - albeit a somewhat successful one at that - I'm not sure I was ever a master at anything...<br /><br />Isn't the idea of education growth? It would seem, then, that "mastery" is at odds with its fundamental purpose.Mr. B-Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00628569059610320379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339910176549966696.post-11066133671453959792010-08-18T18:45:48.348-04:002010-08-18T18:45:48.348-04:00Hmmmm. Mastery is the ultimate assessment at my sc...Hmmmm. Mastery is the ultimate assessment at my school, but since I am an English teacher, I weight it almost even with formative at the beginning of the year, and lessen the formative percent as the year unrolls. If I had to assign separate assignments, I'd say homework (when it is not primarily reading) and process assignments are formative. The final product is mastery. Will be thinking on this. Thanks.Healiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198319344895178005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339910176549966696.post-67356410241989445822010-08-15T21:53:36.575-04:002010-08-15T21:53:36.575-04:00My understanding of formative assessment is that i...My understanding of formative assessment is that it is used to 'inform' both the teacher - regarding subsequent instruction- and the student - regarding areas of strength and need. A final grade, is thus not a 'formative' assessment, but a summative one. Since our system is based on mastery of the curriculum, we've been advised to use the most recent and most prevalent grades in order to provide an accurate and holistic summation of the student's ability.Mardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237463317290624819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1339910176549966696.post-32239654162721464672010-08-15T16:23:55.035-04:002010-08-15T16:23:55.035-04:00Well remember that assessment isn't the same a...Well remember that assessment isn't the same as grading. So you can include lots of formative assessment, but then just weight it lightly, and weight the summative assessments a lot more. Or give them the opportunity to review with you and then re-do the summative assessment to show additional gains (or do another assessment that's similar).Clixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460380696875928585noreply@blogger.com