These versatile strategies—from brain dumps to speed sharing—help students track their own progress while informing your next instructional steps.

There’s always a lot of interest among Education Week readers in the topic of “formative assessment.” And despite some confusion over the research, there is at least general recognition that this ...

Building frequent checks for understanding into lessons can help teachers spot learning gaps in real time and adjust ...

This week’s question is: What are effective formative assessment techniques? As I said in a previous popular Classroom Q & A post, Ways To Include Students In The Formative Assessment Process, ...

Ed. note: Today’s students have too many tests to take—but today’s teachers still need insight into their classes’ knowledge and skills. Adding new tests every time students need to prove mastery ...

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. This type of feedback, ...

With increasing numbers of multilingual learners, representing over 20 languages and 65% of the student population, the ...

To start, a question: What’s the difference between formative assessment and summative assessment? It’s not enough to say merely that formative assessment is a measure of student achievement ...

As the pandemic impacts standardized assessments and leads to a rise of remote proctors for students taking off-site exams, many have started to question if assessment and grading protocols need to be ...

“Formative assessment is an essential part of teaching because it helps guide instruction. Checking for understanding of important concepts helps the teacher decide to move on or to continue ...