If you do not own this book, it is available in various professional libraries.

Published in 2012, this book provides many ideas for lessons and the formative assessment related to a concept.  The assessment is based on strategies, and mathematical processes rather than just the correct answer.  The book covers all the strands of mathematics for grades 3 to 5.  For each concept, 3 pages are presented. One page suggest activities using different strategies. One page explaining the differences between traditional formative assessment and enhanced formative assessment based on strategies. The last page provides examples of students work and thinking.

If we use the fraction example.  A traditional assessment question might be:

Choose the set that includes only equivalent fractions:

A. 1/2 1/3 1/4

B. 1/4 2/4 3/4

C. 1/3 2/6 3/9

D. 1/2 2/3 3/4

This type of assessment does not really show student thinking or what they have learned.

With the Enhanced Formative Assessment, they suggest they would ask the question:  List two fractions equivalent to 1/4 .  Draw a picture to justify your answer.

The book also provides 4 hands-on lessons in order to have students develop thinking strategies before the assessment and it also analyses 4 students’ answer.