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.

Continuous Some online and blended-learning curricular products are collecting data continuously, in effect doing ongoing formative assessment all the time.

Recognizing the difficulties of administering tests during remote learning, teachers are adopting new assessment strategies.

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

Supporting Student Learning at Home with Phone-based Formative Assessment The World Bank’s Learning Assessment Platform (LeAP) team is working on a suite of remote formative assessment products and ...

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

Summative assessments evaluate learning at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period. While typically used to gauge final outcomes, these assessments can also serve formative purposes, ...

When teachers use formative assessments to measure that knowledge, they gather information necessary to adjust teaching and learning as needed. Formative assessments support competency-based education ...

These results suggest the efficacy of the FADC in supporting teachers' formative assessment abilities. Findings are interpreted in light of professional development and formative assessment ...

Boston College’s deep commitment to formative education stems from the University’s Jesuit Catholic tradition. The academic model—inspired by the process of formation, the spiritual and academic ...