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Tennessee teachers can complete an online course on formative assessment offered by Battelle for Kids that will help guide the development and implementation of high quality formative assessment across content areas and grade levels. This course offers 9 topics: (1) Introduction to the Formative Assessment Instruction Course, (2) Professional Learning Teams, (3) Overview of Assessment for Learning, (4) An Introduction to the 5 Keys of Quality Assessment, (5) Clear Learning Targets, (6) Sound Assessment Design, (7) Communication for Learning, (8) Student Ownership: A Critical Piece, and (9) Actionable Strategies: Putting it All Together.
2. The following link provides an example of a third grade formative assessment for
point of view.
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RCampus is a free online management system. This particular link connects to a “point of view” rubric. After setting up a free membership account, teachers can edit and adapt rubrics that have already been created or design their own rubrics from scratch.