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Exit Ticket Ideas to Help Students Reflect on Learning
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Exit Ticket Ideas to Help Students Reflect on Learning

These exit ticket ideas to help students reflect on learning are a great formative assessment to help with the learning process and ensure that students understand the learning material.

Teachers can use these exit slips as an informal assessment when they have students respond to the prompt. Student responses inform teaching and encourage students to take responsibility for learning.

Free exit tickets are included.

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Summative vs. Formative Assessment
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Summative vs. Formative Assessment

When I first heard the terms "summative assessment" and "formative assessment" I was confused. With a little research, I learned the differences between these tools and realized I was already using both types of assessments all the time in my classroom!

Formative assessments monitor a student's understanding throughout the instructional process, while a summative assessment measures student understanding at the end of a unit or course.

While both are important, they serve different purposes. Formative assessments provide actionable feedback, while summative assessments measure student understanding at the end of a unit or course.

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