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FAME is an exciting professional learning initiative sponsored by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) that promotes teacher collaboration and planning for effective use of the formative assessment process. A cadre of Michigan educators serves as coaches for leading site-based FAME learning teams of teachers and administrators across Michigan schools.
Formative assessment is a planned, ongoing process used by all students and teachers during learning and teaching to elicit and use evidence of student learning to improve student understanding of intended disciplinary learning outcomes and support students to become more self-directed learners.
(CCSSO FAST SCASS Austin, Texas June 2017)
FAME continually studies the program’s impact on teachers and students within the evolving educational landscape to develop, evaluate, and refine researched-based resources for best practices.
