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 & ...

Teachers and students from Arizona describe the three stages they went through to build a classroom culture for formative assessment.

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 ...

Formative assessment activities, usually carried out in the classroom as part of the teaching and learning process, encompass everything from teachers’ direct observation of student performance and ...

Formative assessment has been recognized as an essential element of effective classroom practice; as a result, teachers are increasingly required to create formative assessments for their classrooms.

This type of feedback, called formative assessment, is often easier said than done. Schools are finding challenges in all areas, including even getting students to a computer with Internet access.