Pre-Assessments: Effective Design and Use

This 6-page resource. from Edmonds Community College, provides information about effective design and use of pre-assessments. This resource is part of the Professional Development Formative Assessment System (PD-FAS). PD-FAS was created by the Formative Assessment for Advanced Technician Education 2 (FAS4ATE2) project.

After reading this guide, users will be able to:

• identify how pre-assessments can be used to evaluate student learning and the professional development program (PD),
• develop pre-assessments for you own PD program, and
• reflect on the effectiveness of existing pre-assessments.

This resource includes the following sections: Outcomes, Why should you care, What is pre-assessment, How can I use it effectively, Challenges in implementing pre-assessment and how to overcome them, Examples, Try it, Want to learn more. Other professional development materials from this project are available to view separately.