As we explore the design and application of formative assessments, it is important that we look at the culture of the classrooms in which they will be administered. Formative assessments will increase ...

There are few challenges in K-12 education quite as problematic as formative assessment. This process, through which teachers evaluate how well their students are learning while they are teaching them ...

Varying the format of comprehension checks guides students to demonstrate learning and provides teachers feedback on progress ...

In this final blog, I respond to Meiko Lin’s three queries with some closing thoughts and takeaways from “Assessing the Assessments": What emerged from this exercise and what gaps were left in the ...

To start, a question: What’s the difference between formative assessment and summative assessment? It’s not enough to say merely that formative assessment is a measure of student achievement ...

Ed. note: Today’s students have too many tests to take—but today’s teachers still need insight into their classes’ knowledge and skills. Adding new tests every time students need to prove mastery ...

Teachers can use these techniques to gauge students’ understanding mid-lesson and then decide whether to reteach or press ahead.

Abstract Twenty teachers working in elementary and secondary schools were interviewed from 2 school districts in southern Ontario, Canada about their understanding and use of particular formative ...

Part of preparing students for the real world is teaching them to collaborate and problem-solve while working with others in small groups. My classroom model includes a lot of group work where ...

Indiana has selected Wireless Generation to serve the state's kindergarten through 2nd grade classrooms with formative assessments in reading and math. Wireless Generation's handheld computer-based ...