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 & ...

The research tends to look at assignment forms or criteria for assessment, but not necessarily at what is being assessed,' ...

Further, activities, assignments and separate assessments can all serve a variety of these purposes. For example, a group research project may proceed by stages in which students are given feedback ...

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 ...

Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing ...

Researchers and education entrepreneurs launched a project Wednesday that aims to create a new breed of assessments that will offer teachers a window into young students’ emerging identities and build ...

A new UNESCO document launched on 1 July 2021 noted that teachers in the region believe that the pandemic has opened up opportunities to venture into innovative methodologies such as formative ...

Your May 25, 2005, Testing column headlined “Publishers Roll Out Classroom Tests” reports on these tools without examining the deleterious effects they have on teaching and learning. My school ...

This report details the development of a learning progression for the understanding of fractions. The intended use of the learning progression is to support formative assessment practices for children ...