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 ...

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 ...

As fall arrives, students are returning to school, we hope, with a renewed enthusiasm for learning. As teachers prepare for ...

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This light-touch review of literature on classroom assessments (CA) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia finds that they are rarely implemented effectively. It is extremely common to find ...

(TNS) — Many assumed — rightly or wrongly — that the common-core era would bring a windfall for companies in the state testing business. But one of the biggest shifts in the landscape so far has been ...

Jovid Juraev, a mentor helping to train teachers in Tajikistan, noticed an important interaction when observing Fayzali Oimahmadov’s classroom: “I was observing a Grade 2 Tajik Language class where ...