Our story about formative assessment seems to have struck a bit of a nerve. Readers are raising interesting questions about it. So let’s go one more round on this today. Margaret Heritage, the author ...

Using frequent ungraded classroom assessments can help teachers guide students to focus more on learning and less on test scores.

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 & ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are effective formative assessment techniques? Please share your thoughts in the comments or, if you prefer, feel free to email them to me. You can also send ...

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 ...

“Compliance with ABA Standard 314: Formative Assessment in Large Classes” is a one-day conference for law teachers and administrators who want to learn how to design, implement, and evaluate formative ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In educational practice, test results are used for several purposes. However, validity research is especially focused on the validity of ...