To bring some clarity, a math coach explains what formative assessment is and how it differs from interim or summative assessments.

Changing how you give and use formative assessments can help you make better instructional decisions for all students.

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.

Formative assessment, while not a new concept by any means, has been receiving a lot of attention recently due to discussions regarding student learning loss and the need for more digitized solutions ...

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 ...

Formative assessment is versatile--teachers can turn almost any sort of assignment into a type of digital formative assessment.

The teaching practices of recognizing and responding to students' ideas during instruction are often called formative assessment, and can be conceptualized by four abilities: designing formative ...

Global package of remote formative assessment tools Report on Piloting of Remote Phone-based Formative Assessment Solutions in Ghana, Nepal, and Pakistan with lessons learned from implementing the ...

Newly released Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4, offers 25 more formative assessment probes to help reveal students' preconceptions of fundamental concepts in science.

What happens when the $1.3 billion state summative assessment market begins to merge with the growing $1.6 billion market for formative assessments? Investors and the education community are closely ...

Teachers should recognize that formative assessment works and advocate for using it with honesty and unparalleled zeal, argues W. James Popham.