Formative assessment began long before blended learning. But formative assessment is particularly in the spotlight now because it features so prominently in emerging blended learning programs. In fact ...

Experts outline challenges to helping teachers embody formative-assessment practices.

Page Keeley, Formative Assessment Probes: Using Formative Assessment Probes to Develop Elementary Learning Stations, Science and Children, Vol. 55, No. 9, Learning Centers (July 2018), pp. 28-31 ...

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 & ...

This article reports the outcomes of a research project designed to investigate and develop formative classroom assessment in primary schools. The project was a collaborative one, involving two ...

Further, activities, assignments and separate assessments can all serve a variety of these purposes. For example, a group research project may proceed by stages in which students are given feedback ...

Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative conceptions and plan for instruction that moves students toward more expert-like conceptions. Of course, lessons and ...

Experts discuss the obstacles to getting teachers proficient in formative-assessment techniques.