Classroom Based Formative Assessments Article Reflection

The authors of this article discussed five base assessments that should be mixed in to math classrooms. The five formative assessments are: Observation, interview, show me, hinge question, and exit tasks. The first three, observation, interview and show me are assessments that are done during the day or lesson, whereas the last two, hinge question and exit tasks are done at the end of the lesson to assess the daily knowledge. I really like this idea of mixing up the assessments in math with using these five assessment tools. I think the show me is a great assessment. This is basically an assessment where students have to demonstrate how they are able to arrive at the answer to the problem. With math, teachers sometimes think that the only forms of assessment comes though quizzes and tests. This short article is a nice reminder that there are many ways to assess mathematics.