Having been named the invited lecturer for the Frank B. Womer Lectureship in Measurement and Assessment in the School of Education at the University of Michigan, Margaret Heritage will address attendees from the School of Education and other schools and colleges across the campus, as well as from nearby institutions, on Tuesday, February 14.

Heritage was invited to speak because of her scholarship and leadership in the field of formative assessment. The title of her lecture is “Reaping the Benefits of Formative Assessment: Achievement, Identity, and Equity.”

Heritage will also be keynote speaker at the statewide Michigan School Testing Conference, attended by superintendents, school administrators, and university faculty interested in testing and measurement.

“Assessment to Inform Learning: The Role of Formative Assessment in a Balanced Assessment System” is the topic of Heritage’s keynote presentation to be held Wednesday, February 15.  She will cover formative assessment as a pedagogical process aimed at informing teaching and learning in everyday classroom practice.

“I’m honored to be the invited lecturer at the School of Education and to be speaking at the testing conference,” says Heritage. “I look forward to being in Michigan, which has been a pioneer in formative assessment implementation, to discuss the considerable benefits of formative assessment to student achievement and to developing students’ identities as capable, self-sustaining, lifelong learners.