Formative assessment can be a time saver and time optimizer, if you use it to either replace more formal assessment [or] replace the period of not knowing where students are and what they’re ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...

Designing Formative Assessments When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired ...

Equity and Formative Assessments Formative assessments play a vital role in equity-minded assessment by supporting all students in meeting high expectations, regardless of their backgrounds. They ...

Scaffolding is an instructional practice where a teacher gradually removes guidance and support as students learn and become more competent. Support can be for content, processes, and learning ...

Assessments in education measure student achievement. These may take the form traditional assessments such as exams, or quizzes, but may also be part of learning activities such as group projects or ...

And unlike other data assessment tools, Formative lets students see their own performance against standards. Normally, students are unaware of their own growth towards these learning standards.

Jasmin Decristan, Eckhard Klieme, Mareike Kunter, Jan Hochweber, Gerhard Büttner, Benjamin Fauth, A. Lena Hondrich, Svenja Rieser, Silke Hertel, Ilonca Hardy, Embedded Formative Assessment and ...

Formative assessment provides a means to successfully scaffold learning. Unfortunately, few teachers understand the pedagogical implications of such scaffolding or their role in utilizing formative ...

Formative assessment certainly occurs during a lesson. It is a planned process. By this I mean teachers are clear about when and how they are going to collect evidence of how their students ...