Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big ...

The NCTE conference has ended. Now that I’m no longer chasing presenters between hotels or waiting in crowded lobbies for crawling elevators, I’ll catch up on some blogging. At a session titled ...

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 ...

The British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 41, No. 2 (MARCH 2011), pp. 276-295 (20 pages) The assessment and feedback practices in social work qualifying courses have to include academic rigour and ...

Formative assessment is squishy. And squishy things don’t easily yield to standardized measurement. And that creates an awkward situation in an era of numbers-driven accountability. That squishiness ...

With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...

Rod Lane does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The LSE Academic Code, developed in partnership with LSE Students’ Union, sets out what we do to deliver a consistent student experience across the School and clarifies what students can expect from ...

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 ...

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 ...