G. K. Suraishkumar looks at ways to assess students’ learning more effectively through formative assessments and argues for basing grades entirely on this method There are countless ways to assess ...

Formative assessment is widely recognised as a vital tool for improving student performance. However, how formative assessment effectively influences academic performance remains unclear. This study ...

Perhaps my favorite commentary on formative assessment is this analogy offered by education professor Dylan Wiliam: “I flew back from Seattle a few weeks ago. Just imagine what the pilot would have ...

The Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project facilitated professional learning and development to advance teachers’ leadership of educational improvement with a focus on ...

Diana Laurillard of the UCL Knowledge Lab outlines digital instruction methods that help with formative assessment, or assessment for learning, rather than summative assessment for grading. She gives ...

This study aimed to investigate the experience of medical students assessing their cohort peers in formative clinical assessment. The exercise was designed to provide students with a formative ...

Earlier this week I attended an event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences, an umbrella group representing 17 math organizations. The event ...