Assessment allows students and educators to track learning. Formative and summative assessments allow teacher librarians to:

• How well they are teaching.
• How well the students are learning.
• Whether they are teaching the right material at the right time.
• What they should teach next.
• What they should re-teach.
• What they do not need to teach at all.
• Whether they are covering the expected curriculum satisfactorily.
• What to report to parents and administrators.
• Where they stand on issues of accountability.

What is Formative Assessment?

• Assessment for learning

• Occurs during learning and teaching process  

• Informs and guides instruction

• Feedback for student; students have the opportunity to adjust behaviors

• Ongoing

• Examples: Know/Want to Know, Exit Slips, Minute Paper, Muddiest Point
    
• Classroom response systems (Clickers) work well if you have access to a set.

Internet Resources

• Assessment and Rubrics from Kathy Schrock's Guide to Evreything

• Graphic organizers from Holt and Scholastic

What is summative assessment?

• Assessment of learning

• Occurs at end of learning and teaching process

• Evaluate overall progress

• One point in time

• Examples: TRAILS, SAILS, ACT, final exam

Internet Resource

• TRAILS: Tool for Real-Time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills