Thought Leadership Forum Brief: Formative Assessment and Agency as Drivers of Instructional Transformation
Marie Mancuso
This brief summarizes the May and June 2018 Thought Leadership Forum presentations. May featured a content-based presentation by Kevin Perks of WestEd on the Visibly Improving Teaching and Learning (VITAL) program offered to build teachers’ capacity for collaboration focused on teacher and student learning. June featured joint presentations by Suzi Mast and Tracy Fazio of the Arizona Department of Education, and by Pam Betten and Steve Holmes of the Sunnyside School District in Tucson, Arizona profiling their work in formative assessment. This brief concludes with recommendations for SEAs and LEAs for implementing instructional transformation.
Link to WestEd’s VITAL Collaboration website (Click here)
Link to Arizona Department of Education’s Formative Assessment Resources (Click here)