Use Formative to Streamline Your Feedback to Students

FPS teachers are constantly seeking better ways to improve learning for their students. One digital resource they are beginning to explore more deeply is Formative.  This tool offers teachers the ability to build assignments and assessments so they can follow student progress and provide live feedback.

Teachers can use their own content or a bank of content within Formative to create opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding.  When developing their own content teachers can use entire Formatives created by others, individual questions from a content bank, or create custom Formatives using their own questions.

Teachers can view work individually by student, side-by-side with other students, or by question.  This information can be seen as the students are completing their work, allowing the teacher to intervene immediately.  Feedback can be given to students in a variety of forms: written, voice, or video.

Color coding within formative allows teachers to see when a student needs intervention.  It also allows the teacher to follow students' progress in regard to learning standards.