This week’s question is: What are effective formative assessment techniques? As I said in a previous popular Classroom Q & A post, Ways To Include Students In The Formative Assessment Process, ...

Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big ...

Every educator knows what “a teachable moment” is. It’s the brief period of time when events serendipitously conspire to teach students something that otherwise might be difficult for them to learn.

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. This type of feedback, ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...

Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School, a member of Uncommon Schools, is the only school in New York City where every student in grades 5-8 passes the state exams. In grades 6-8, 75 percent of the ...

There is a heated debate right now around AI and assessment. This is understandable given that AI’s language and reasoning ...