Changing how you give and use formative assessments can help you make better instructional decisions for all students.

How do formative assessments differ from other types of assessments? A math coach explains.

In today’s new environment of online, remote learning, the need for teachers and school administrators to get immediate feedback on student progress is of paramount importance.

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

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 & ...

Further, activities, assignments and separate assessments can all serve a variety of these purposes. For example, a group research project may proceed by stages in which students are given feedback ...

Global package of remote formative assessment tools Report on Piloting of Remote Phone-based Formative Assessment Solutions in Ghana, Nepal, and Pakistan with lessons learned from implementing the ...

Martijn J. M. Leenknecht, Frans J. Prins, Formative peer assessment in primary school: the effects of involving pupils in setting assessment criteria on their appraisal and feedback style, European ...

Formative assessment is squishy. And squishy things don't easily yield to standardized measurement. And that creates an awkward situation in an era of numbers-driven accountability.

This article is concerned with the relationship between assessment information and teacher planning. In the UK, although planning used to be central to characterisations of formative assessment, the ...