Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom

Creative formative assessments are key to enhancing student comprehension, as demonstrated in this insightful guide. The authors, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, delve into the disconnect between perceived understanding and actual performance, offering engaging strategies like interactive writing and multimedia presentations. The updated second edition incorporates current best practices in formative assessment and connects these concepts to gradual release of responsibility and quality instruction, providing educators with effective tools to gauge and improve student learning.