Formative Assessment Technology Tools
Using technology is a great way to formatively assess your students. It allows for high student engagement and interactivity, as well as ease of
data analysis to drive further instruction.
Below is a list of just a few options.
1) Investigate each formative assessment tool in your category.
2) Use the Explore & Share link to explain what the tool is and your thoughts about it. Add "comments" to a conversation that may have been started by someone from a different team.
3) Use Roundtable to share what you learned with your teammates.
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1 - Socrative - Student response system for on the spot assessment - Intro and Quick Tutorial
2 - Poll Everywhere - Students use their cell phone or a computer to respond to questions that allow for immediate response results
3 - Padlet - A collaborative wall of responses, ideas, and understandings
4 - Mastery Assess - Teachers can easily track student mastery of standards with Mastery Assess's features. As a collaborative tool, Mastery Assess allows teachers to create and share common assessments and have them graded with GradeCam. This data can then be used to create differentiated groups to better guide instruction Resources that align to standards and support individual learners can be saved in a student playlist.
5 - Plickers - Create a page for each student and Plicker will code in students names and answers on printable cards for them to hold up when you ask verbal questions. When you use the Plicker app on your smartphone, to view the class through your camera, each student name will appear and whether they got the answer correct or incorrect. Great for a classroom that is not one-to-one.
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7 - QuickKey - A mobile scanning app for scoring multiple choice questions.
8 - Zip Grade - Use a bubble template and an app and student data is instantly collected.
9 - Edpuzzle - A collection of videos from all sources that allow for teachers to add to and put their own spin on it to accommodate for their own learners. View a tutorial here.
10 - Seesaw - Tool that allows students to document learning and share with others., allows teachers to formatively assess, and parents to have a "window" into their child's learning.
11 - Pear Deck - Teachers create presentations with embedded and varied questions that allow for student interactivity.
12. Quizizz - Formative data is collected from visually appealing, teacher-created "quizizz." Students participate in a separate web link.
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13. Google Forms - Using Google Forms to create quizzes allows for formative analytics to be provided.
14. PlayPosit - Engaging and interactive video that yields instructional data for teachers.
15. Zzish - ZzishHub includes an assortment of digital learning assessment tools as well as the Zzish Quizalize. Then, the cumulative data is provided in a dashboard for teachers to accurately provide personalized learning.
16. Formative - Progress monitoring tool that provides 1000s of pre-made assessments and tracks student growth over time.
17. ClassFlow - Web-based lesson delivery interactive whiteboard tool accessible to students with a code for collaborative polls, games, and activities.
18. Edcite - Assessments for learning.
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19. Quizlet Live – Quizlet, but as a collaborative classroom game.
20. Gimkit - Live learning game.
21. Blooket - Interactive formative challenges.
22. Edulastic - Interactive progress monitoring.
23. Testmoz - Test creation with automatic grading.
24. Flip - Students can use short videos to respond to prompts; teachers and peers can provide feedback.
Check out this list of additional ideas.