Title page
Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 4
Findings 6
Limitations 12
Implications 12
References 13
Table 1. Descriptive information about the Arizona study districts, 2016/17 or 2018/19 3
Table 2. Approximately 60 percent of students in the three Arizona study districts reported always using one or more self-regulated learning strategies during a normal week, 2019 7
Table 3. More than 60 percent of responding teachers in the Arizona study districts reported always using one or more formative assessment practices during the average week, 2019 8
Table 4. More than 90 percent of responding teachers reported participating in some form of formative assessment training in 2019/20 9
Table 5. Responding teachers in the three Arizona study districts who participated in formative assessment training reported using formative assessment practices in the classroom more... 9
Table 6. Responding students in the Arizona study districts with teachers who participated in formative assessment training reported using self-regulated learning strategies more frequently... 10
Table 7. Responding students in the three Arizona study districts reported using self-regulated learning strategies more frequently when their teachers reported using certain formative... 11
Table 8. Responding students in the three Arizona study districts reported using self-regulated learning strategies more frequently when their teachers reported using formative assessment... 11
Figure 1. Students in the three Arizona study districts frequently tracked their own progress but less often solicited feedback from the teacher or peers, 2019 6
Figure 2. Responding teachers in the three Arizona study districts frequently gave students feedback but less frequently provided occasions for students to provide feedback to one another, 2019 7
Boxes
Box 1. Questions added to the study districts' existing student and teacher surveys in spring 2019 4
Box 2. Data sources, sample, and methods 5