This quantitative synthesis included 48 qualified studies with a total sample of 116,051 K-12 students. Aligned with previous meta-analyses, the findings suggested that formative assessment generally ...

1 Education and Learning Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands 2 Research Group Vocational Education, Research Centre for Learning and Innovation, Utrecht University of ...

I think formative assessment is one of the single most important things that teachers can do -- and already do -- for their students. In fact, great teachers use formative assessment whether or not ...

I’ve created a presentation (with some help from my colleagues) on different examples of formative assessment. Note the definition I’m using at the beginning of the presentation: A formative ...

Formative feedback in medical education involves observing the trainee’s performance within a certain domain and comparing it against an expected standard. Formative feedback should be clear, specific ...

I love hyphens. Always have. Always will. If used properly, hyphens make things easier to read. This is because hyphenated words let readers know there’s something still coming in a phrase that’s ...

Formative assessment is one of the most powerful tools teachers can use to guide learning. Unlike summative assessment, which summarizes achievement at the end of a unit, formative assessment happens ...