Formative Assessment is a deliberate process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides actionable feedback used to adjust ongoing teaching and learning strategies to improve students’ attainment of curricular learning targets/goals. Learn more here.

Birdville ISD embraces the PLC cycle and encourages teachers to constantly monitor, assess, and re-teach. Formative assessment is the key to understanding what students have learned, and teachers need a variety of formative assessment tools in their teaching tool-kit to do this well. There are numerous digital formative options, all with different classroom uses and functions. Explore the options below and if you have specific questions about these tools, please contact your campus digital learning specialist. He/she will be happy to come answer questions as you set up or run the tool the first time in your classroom.

Flippity is a site that allows teachers to import data from spreadsheets to create a variety of activities.

Quizalize is yet another option that we saw at TCEA in Austin in November. There is a how-to video below.

Many BISD teachers use Kahoot in their classrooms and there are many "kahoots" that are posted publicly that can be copied and used. Kahoot is a popular on-line quiz maker that allows for short questions and up to four multiple choice answer options. Students can easily answer through personal devices or classroom iPads.