Presentations

H. Gary Cook (2008). What do we know about ELL formative assessment and how do we develop a system accordingly?

H. Gary Cook (2009). Formative Assessment: Best Practices Part I. Presented at Elluminate Session, Pennsylvania Department of Education

H. Gary Cook (2009). Formative Assessment: Developing Formative Measure, Some Examples Part II. Presented at Elluminate Session, Pennsylvania Department of Education

Paula White (2009). Formative Assessment Language Records for English Language Learners (FLARE). Presented at WIDA Board Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin.

Paula White (2009). Formative Language Assessment Records for English Language Learners (FLARE). Presented by H. Gary Cook at Illinois Resource Center (IRC) Thirty-Third Conference for Teachers of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students, Oak Brook, Illinois.

H. Gary Cook & Paula White (2010). Formative Assessment Best Practices with a FLARE Twist. Presented by H. Gary Cook and Paula White at Illinois TESOL-Bilingual Education (ITBE) 36th Annual Convention, Naperville, IL.

Publications

FLARE brochure

WIDA Focus on Formative Assessment, (Volume 1, Issue 2)

FLARE Spectrum Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. This document contains the Terms of Use and Privacy for the FLARE Spectrum which includes the FLARE Web Site and the FLARE Discussion Forum.

Basic instructions for navigating the FLARE Discussion Forum

Links

Formative Assessment Resources
http://nces.ed.gov/NATIONSREPORTCARD/
NAEP's 8th and 12th grade reading, writing, mathematics, science and history frameworks
http://www.wida.us/
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA)
http://wida.us/standards/elp.aspx
English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards
http://www.achieve.org/
Achieve American Diploma Project's (ADP) middle and high school Benchmarks
http://www.act.org/standard/
ACT College Readiness Standards
http://www.cal.org/siop/Index.html
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) used to address the academic needs of English language learners
http://www.s4s.org/
The Center for Educational Policy Research's Standards for Success

Formative Assessment Tools
http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/IC3/teacher/student self.htm
On the benefits and limitations of student self-assessments
http://flareassessment.org/resources/WIDA_Focus_on_Formative_Assessment.pdf
WIDA/FLARE Bulletin on Formative Assessment that includes IDEAL formative assessments rating tool
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/tesol/WJFiles/pdf/Saito_Forum.pdf
TESOL Web journal on the uses of student self-assessments.
http://www.exemplars.com/resources/formative/tools_student_com.html
Exemplars K-12 Formative Assessment Tools