Database of Formative Assessments

Individual or group-based project work.  Students are given or choose a topic to do their project on.  Projects may involve some research, summarizing information, creating models, building presentations, and sharing work with the class or other groups.  There may be timed checkpoints to evaluate student progress prior to the final submission/presentation.

There are many ways to design a project.  Here is a link to the PBL database from implementation.

The project may have timed checkpoints or moments to take a step back and reflect on the progress being made.  Each student/group may receive feedback in any number of ways while they are working on their project and after they execute their final presentation.

While students are working on the project the teacher may check their progress and point them in the direction of new resources/materials to learn about.  In the end there is usually a grade/score of some kind associated with the finished project.

The project may have built in self-assessments or moments to take a step back and reflect on the progress being made.  Each student/group may receive feedback in any number of ways while they are working on their project and after they execute their final presentation, and that feedback can be used to modify how things are being worked on/developed.

The evaluation process may be verbal, written, or on a computer, but grading is not automated.  Teachers must evaluate the student work and assign a score, normally based off of a rubric or list of criteria.