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 & ...

Formative assessment began long before blended learning. But formative assessment is particularly in the spotlight now because it features so prominently in emerging blended learning programs. In fact ...

Examples of formative assessment, according to the report, include providing feedback on writing, teaching students to assess their own writing, and monitoring students’ progress in writing.

Formative assessment is a hyperlocal process that happens in classrooms, and often, just between a teacher and an individual student. But education leaders in Arizona are making the instructional ...

When it comes to assessing student knowledge levels, data has empowered more schools to choose formative assessments versus summative assessments. Unlike summative assessments, which provide an ...

Formative assessment comprises techniques that are used to monitor student learning and to provide ongoing feedback. The aim of formative assessment is to provide information on student struggles that ...

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.

Solving Formative Assessment's Catch-22 Teachers often have a hard time embedding assessment in their instruction, but some technologies are making it a little easier. By John K. Waters 10/10/12 ...

Here, we present information about three key modes of assessment: diagnostic, formative and summative. Diagnostic assessment Diagnostic evaluations are typically short tests given at the beginning and ...

We review prior work on the use of problem conceptualizations elicited during problem solving activities and on stealth assessments of learner choices and decisions in online activities. We present a ...