Exit Tickets Teaching Resources
Download printable exit tickets ready for your classroom and ready for that all-important student progress monitoring!
Designed by teachers and curated by our expert teacher team, every exit ticket template in this collection has been created with students — and formative assessments — in mind! Explore ticket templates tied to curriculum and blank tickets you can edit for your individual classroom needs.
New to using exit tickets, or just looking for some fresh ideas? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Are Exit Tickets?
Sometimes called a “ticket to leave,” the primary purpose of an exit ticket is to have a quick check-in and see if your students have grasped concepts taught to them in a lesson. Students fill them out after the lesson, and teachers comb through the answers, looking for clues as to how well the lesson was understood, what needs to be reviewed, and how to better teach that lesson and others in the future.
Basically? Exit tickets are like a classroom Yelp review … without all the trolling and screaming capital letters!
As an adaptation of traditional assessment methods such as end-of-lesson quizzes or worksheets, they've gained popularity in recent years due to increased emphasis on formative assessment and individualized instruction.
Types of Exit Tickets
Sometimes, exit tickets focus on the same sorts of questions, such as:
- What have you learned today?
- Did you find anything difficult?
- Would you like to know more about something?
- Circle the face that corresponds to how you are feeling about this lesson — like Teach Starter's fun printable monster-themed tickets!
Other times, exit tickets are content-focused, with specific questions designed to determine just what information students have retained and what needs to be revisited.
Here are a few types you might find on our site — and use in your classroom.
Multiple-Choice Questions
In this type of ticket, students select the correct answer from a set of options. For example, in a math lesson on fractions, an exit ticket might include a question like, "Which fraction represents the shaded part of the figure?"
Short-Answer Response
As the name implies, this exit ticket requires students to provide brief written answers to questions. After a reading comprehension lesson, for example, the ticket might ask students to summarize the main idea of the text in a few sentences.
Reflection Prompts
This ticket prompts students to reflect on their learning experience and express their thoughts. If you led the class in a science experiment, your ticket might pose a question like, "What did you learn from today's experiment? What could you do differently next time?"
Benefits of Exit Tickets
OK, so we've covered the types, but do you really need to use this tool in your classroom? We'll let you decide that, but here are a few benefits you might want to consider before making that call.
Formative Assessment
An exit ticket can gives you real-time feedback on student understanding. so you can immediately assess individual student progress and adjust your instruction accordingly — in real-time!
Student Reflection
Because the tickets are designed to encourage your students to reflect on what they have learned, they reinforcing their understanding and promote metacognitive skills.
Differentiation
By analyzing students' responses on your exit tickets, you can easily identify common misconceptions or areas of weakness and tailor instruction to meet the specific needs of your students.
Classroom Management
Exit tickets are a great tool to use as part of the transition between lessons or activities. They create a sense of closure for students and provide a routine for wrapping up a class.
Data Collection
Collecting and analyzing exit ticket data over time gives you valuable insights into student progress, patterns of understanding and areas that need more attention.