QUICK PROGRESS CHECKS AND FEEDBACK TO ADJUST INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING +
About the Quick Progress Checks and Feedback Workshop
After educators identify and scaffold the Learning Progressions for one or more “unwrapped” Essential Standards, the next step in the ITLS unit-creation process is to plan Quick Progress Checks. Quick Progress Checks are short, in-the-moment, formative assessments that students complete at or near the close of daily instruction. When well-constructed, (i.e. intentionally aligned to the rigor of one or more Learning Progressions in focus for a lesson), Quick Progress Checks provide valuable feedback that both educators and students can use to move forward. At or near the close of daily instruction based on a Lesson-Specific Learning Target (Learning Progression), educators ask students to respond to a short, formative “check for understanding” to gain authentic feedback of their understanding of that lesson’s Learning Target.
Quick Progress Checks provide educators with authentic feedback from students’ responses so they can adjust their follow-up instruction appropriately and “close” any identified student learning gaps. When the results of these Quick Progress Checks are also shared with students, they too can use the feedback to adjust their own learning strategies to achieve the lesson-specific Learning Progressions.
Required Prerequisite Workshop
Learning Progressions Workshop
Participants will need to attend the Learning Progressions workshop as necessary preparation for attending the related Quick Progress Checks and Feedback workshop.
What You Will Experience and Create Through Explanation, Examples, and Practice
Part 1
See the “Big Picture” of the Integrated Teaching & Learning System©
Quick Progress Checks Defined
Educator-Created and A.I.-Generated Examples of Quick Progress Checks in Multiple Content Areas
Activity: Plan Quick Progress Check(s) for Related Learning Progressions
Aligning Learning Progressions and Quick Progress Checks to End-of-Unit Assessments
Part 2
Feedback: A Reciprocal Communication Exchange
Range of Effect Sizes for Feedback
Interpreting Feedback Results
Adjusting Instruction Based on Feedback from Student Responses
Examples of Quick Progress Checks with Accompanying Instructional Adjustments
Virtual Session: Two Hours
Who Should Attend
District and School Leaders, K-12 Classroom Educators, Content Area Coordinators and Specialists, Instructional Coaches
For More Information
VOLUME THREE: PLANNING THE UNIT INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING TASKS
What Participants Are Saying About The Quick Progress Checks Virtual Workshop
“The Learning Progressions and Quick Progress Checks really help to create a focused outline and set up a clear path for the unit.”
Colleen W.
“We think that Learning Progressions and Quick Progress Checks provide good indicators to show if students are progressing towards end of unit expectations.”
Jessica & Rachel
“I just went through a licensure program, and they kept saying to implement “exit tickets” but never really gave me the tools to know how, so knowing how to plan Quick Progress Checks is very beneficial.”
Autumn W.
“I struggled last year to implement quick check-ins and now feel more confident to use them in every subject. It was a good reminder how simple and quick they can be. I loved the idea of the different color buckets (for students to self-sort how they think they did) and want to use it in my classroom this year.”
KrisAnn
“I think that using the Quick Progress Checks will be very beneficial to my understanding of my students learning!”
Robyn P.
“Quick Checks can be so simple and sometimes I feel like I overdo it, but I do really like all these ideas and guidelines for using them.”
Julie S.
“I too struggled with well-structured Quick Checks (exit tickets) because I don’t think that I ever knew how. I feel like I now have proper tools to move forward with building better quick checks.”
Stacey
“I appreciate this workshop! It has been so insightful! Having everything in steps has made Quick Progress Checks easier and more beneficial. I have used exit tickets/quick checks before, but I feel more confident and want to challenge myself to ‘up’ their quality, and especially to improve my evaluation of the Quick Progress Checks.”
Dana H.