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.

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 ...

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.

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 & ...

Researchers will work to create formative assessments that can give teachers a window into students’ emerging identities and strengths ...

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 ...

Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative conceptions and plan for instruction that moves students toward more expert-like conceptions. Of course, lessons and ...

The report recommends that teachers be able to understand how an AI model works in order to make an informed decision about using, modifying, or overriding it, especially when the AI is making ...

The theory and practice of formative assessment seems to be at a crossroads, even an impasse. Different theoretical justifications for the development of formative assessment, and different empirical ...