There are few challenges in K-12 education quite as problematic as formative assessment. This process, through which teachers evaluate how well their students are learning while they are teaching them ...

In today’s evolving educational landscape, effective student assessment goes beyond multiple-choice tests and letter grades. According to a recent study, over 60 percent of educators believe ...

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 ...

Ed tech developer GradeCam has released a free formative assessment tool for educators. The announcement was made at the FETC 2012 National Conference, taking place this week in Orlando, FL. GradeCam ...

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has revealed that work has started on a major recom­mend­ation to come from last year’s Gonski education review­, which could transform ...

Formative assessment is critical to a teacher’s ability to adapt lessons and check for student understanding. New technology has made it easier to do this more often and collect significantly more ...

Formative assessment provides significant opportunities for student development and learning, and can provide a means for more tailored, student-led learning free from the restrictions of summative ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...