Corrected: An earlier version of this study incorrectly described the 1998 study by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam. It is a literature review. If you ask five teachers what formative assessment is, ...

This week’s question is: What are effective formative assessment techniques? Part One in this series featured responses from Jennifer Serravallo, Andrew Miller, Daniel R. Venables, Brady E. Venables, ...

Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Physical Science and Unifying Themes Assessment Probes Concept Matrix; 1: Sugar Water; 2: Iron ...

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

The accelerated digitization of today’s classroom impacts every aspect of instruction–from attendance to summative assessment and everything in between. As educators have shifted to the hybrid ...

Formative assessment is meant for learning assessment, i.e., it is used to measure how much a student has learned up to a particular period. Teachers use formative assessments to evaluate a student’s ...

Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing ...

Cover 1; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; Section 1 -- Life Science; 1 -- Is It Living?; 2 -- Is It an Animal?; 3 -- Is It a Plant?; 4 -- Is It Made of ...