Formative assessment has been recognized as an essential element of effective classroom practice; as a result, teachers are increasingly required to create formative assessments for their classrooms.

Richard J. Stiggins, an advocate of classroom assessments in the service of learning, identifies misconceptions about formative assessment.

Evidence is gathered about student achievement or understanding. The information allows the instructor or learner to alter future instructional steps. It is done to improve learning outcomes (Black & ...

Teachers and students from Arizona describe the three stages they went through to build a classroom culture for formative assessment.

Diana S. Hooley, Justin Thorpe, The effects of formative reading assessments closely linked to classroom texts on high school reading comprehension, Educational Technology Research and Development, ...