As education policy moves away from the much-maligned No Child Left Behind and toward new legislation focusing on learning outcomes, technology-enabled formative assessments are moving to the ...

The following practices guide instructor strategies (Nicol and Macfarlane-Dick, 2006; Yale, 2017). Click each title to learn more about them. 1. Keep clear criteria for what defines good performance ...

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 & ...

As more students have access to computers in K-12 classrooms each year, teachers are turning more often to those devices for the age-old practice of conducting formative assessment. A 2016 Education ...

Boost student autonomy and streamline your formative assessment with this visually engaging, traffic-light themed self-assessment tool. Perfect for quick check-ins, plenary activities, or ongoing ...

When he was teaching kindergarten, Shawn C. Rubin used a clipboard and green, yellow, and red crayons to track students’ progress on paper. Adjusting his teaching for each student’s ability level had ...

Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing ...