Use assessment as an active part of teaching and learning—not simply as a way to record performance.
Learn how to make student thinking visible, identify misconceptions, provide meaningful feedback, and use evidence of learning to make timely instructional decisions.
University Credit Available • 3 Semester Credits
Choose Your Credit Path
The learning happens through the same CEUs for Teachers course. The credit pathway you select determines how your work is evaluated and recorded.
Choose this pathway when you need continuing education units for professional development or license renewal.
ED 106 is approved for 3 semester credits through both Adams State University and Ashland University.
University Credit
If you want university credit, both steps below are required.
Enroll through CEUs for Teachers to access the course, readings, discussions, interactive activities, assessments, and final application project.
Purchase ED 106Complete a separate university registration through Adams State University or Ashland University to receive the 3-semester-credit university option.
Choose Your UniversityWhat You’ll Learn
ED 106 focuses on practical formative assessment strategies that help educators understand what students know, where learning is breaking down, and what to do next.
Differentiate assessment types based on purpose, timing, and how evidence is used.
Translate standards and instructional goals into clear, student-friendly learning targets.
Develop criteria that help students understand what proficiency and quality learning look like.
Select strategies that make student thinking visible and reveal strengths and misconceptions.
Provide timely, specific feedback that helps students move learning forward.
Use assessment evidence to make decisions about reteaching, differentiation, enrichment, grouping, and pacing.
Professional Reading
This book study allows participants to select a research-based formative assessment text rather than requiring one specific title.
Participants must obtain their own book of choice for the book study. A book is not included.:
What’s Included
Inside the Course
Build a foundation for understanding classroom assessment, its purposes, and the difference between formative and summative assessment.
Connect standards, learning targets, success criteria, mastery, rubrics, exemplars, formative assessment, and instructional planning.
Gather, interpret, and respond to evidence of student learning while improving feedback and instructional decisions.
Apply formative assessment to authentic classroom practices, feedback, grading, and equitable learning opportunities.
How You’ll Complete the Course
The assignments are designed to help you apply formative assessment concepts rather than simply read about them.
Complete assigned reading from your selected formative assessment text and connect the ideas to your professional setting.
Apply course concepts through interactive exercises, scenario analysis, planning activities, and professional reflection.
Connect formative assessment ideas to authentic practice and engage with other educators through course discussions and peer responses.
Demonstrate understanding of formative assessment, learning targets, success criteria, feedback, instructional response, and grading practices.
Analyze assessment strategies, student responses, misconceptions, feedback, rubrics, exemplars, and instructional decisions.
Create a practical plan for strengthening formative assessment in your own instructional setting.
University Credit Partners
Both options provide 3 semester credits. Choose the university option that best fits your needs.
ED 106 is approved for 3 semester credits through Adams State University.
First purchase ED 106 through CEUs for Teachers, then complete the separate Adams State University registration.
Register with Adams StateED 106 is also approved for 3 semester credits through Ashland University.
The Ashland University CEUs for Teachers registration page is being finalized. The registration link will be added as soon as it is available.
Grading
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. ED 106 is available as a 3-CEU professional development course through CEUs for Teachers.
Yes. ED 106 is approved for 3 semester credits through both Adams State University and Ashland University.
Yes. First purchase ED 106 through CEUs for Teachers to access and complete the course. Then register separately with your selected university for the University Credit option.
No single title is required. Choose a research-based formative assessment text from the suggested list, or propose another appropriate book.
Yes. The course is online and asynchronous with no scheduled class meeting days or times.
The course includes professional reading, application activities, reflections, discussions, interactive practice, knowledge checks, classroom scenarios, and a final Formative Assessment Classroom Action Plan.
University Credit participants receive a traditional letter grade (A–F). CEU participants are evaluated Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U).
Acceptance requirements vary by state, licensing agency, district, and employer. Confirm how the credit will apply to your individual requirements when needed.
Need More CEUs?
If your primary goal is continuing education rather than University Credit, the annual CEUs Bundle may be a better fit when you plan to complete multiple eligible courses.
Explore the CEUs BundleChoose the credit pathway that fits your goals, enroll in ED 106, and begin building assessment practices that give you better evidence of learning and clearer next steps for instruction.
