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 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 ...

Formative assessment books are the topic of our blog post today! Formative assessment is a key pedagogical device that can dramatically improve student learning and inform our teaching practices. But ...

This quantitative synthesis included 48 qualified studies with a total sample of 116,051 K-12 students. Aligned with previous meta-analyses, the findings suggested that formative assessment generally ...

Photo credit: F Delventhal via flickr (CC BY 2.0) Formative assessment is an important part of effective instruction. Teachers can use observations, checklists, and quick quizzes to gather data that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Formative assessment is an essential component of effective teaching and learning, the core of classroom teaching, and a key skill for teachers. But how can assessment accurately reflect learning ...