Standard 7
Student Assessment and Data Analysis
The teacher candidate understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress and uses both classroom and standardized assessment data to plan ongoing instruction.
Fist to Five
Alignment Statement
A fist to five practice in the classroom is a type of formative assessment to observe and quickly assess student understanding. This practice allows the educator to visually observe which students may be struggling and which students understand a concept. It also allows students to assess their understanding of a concept.
Narrative Statement
I use this practice daily for a variety of different lessons, activities, and subjects. I can use it cross categorically and it can be used by all types of learners. In the middle and end of most of the lessons I teach, I use this as a marker of what students may understand or not understand. This allows me to change my instruction or pull a focus group for struggling learners. I can then meet the needs of all students and make sure that all students understand the material before they are summatively assessed.