Shifting from Compliance-Based Literacy to Identity-Affirming, Agency-Driven Learning using Formative Assessment Practices

This session invites educators to move beyond traditional, compliance-based literacy instruction toward approaches that affirm student identity, voice, and agency—through the use of meaningful, responsive assessment practices. Rooted in the conference theme—Engaging Minds and Literacy for All: Every Learner, Every Voice, Every Story—participants will explore how empowering students as individuals, critical thinkers, and decision-makers increases motivation, engagement, and academic success.This session invites educators to move beyond traditional, compliance-based literacy instruction toward approaches that affirm student identity, voice, and agency—through the use of meaningful, responsive assessment practices. Rooted in the conference theme—Engaging Minds and Literacy for All: Every Learner, Every Voice, Every Story—participants will explore how empowering students as individuals, critical thinkers, and decision-makers increases motivation, engagement, and academic success.