Definitions of formative assessment have probably always been too broad (for an overview, see Cizek et al., 2019, p. 7). When trying to encompass every conceivable way of using assessment data to ...

I think formative assessment is one of the single most important things that teachers can do -- and already do -- for their students. In fact, great teachers use formative assessment whether or not ...

Formative assessment is considered as one of the most effective interventions to support teacher decision-making and improve education and student learning. However, formative assessment does not ...

The accelerated digitization of today’s classroom impacts every aspect of instruction–from attendance to summative assessment and everything in between. As educators have shifted to the hybrid ...

I love hyphens. Always have. Always will. If used properly, hyphens make things easier to read. This is because hyphenated words let readers know there’s something still coming in a phrase that’s ...

Formative assessment is an assessment form that promotes learning, and is therefore often called "assessment for learning". This form of assessment has learning as its purpose, and this distinguishes ...

Objectives Formative peer assessment focuses on learning and development of the student learning process. This implies that students are taking responsibility for assessing the work of their peers by ...

Research is clear that formative assessment strongly influences achievement. There is, however, confusion about the nature of formative assessment. It is often reduced to standardized tests or “probes ...

Introduction In formative peer assessment, the students give and receive feedback from each other and expand their knowledge in a social context of interaction and collaboration. The ability to ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this study incorrectly described the 1998 study by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam. It is a literature review. If you ask five teachers what formative assessment is, ...