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

Four dozen teachers gathered recently to watch a colleague teach a lesson about Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 and then analyzed her performance. But they didn’t crowd into the Massachusetts ...

“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 ...

As more students have access to computers in K-12 classrooms each year, teachers are turning more often to those devices for the age-old practice of conducting formative assessment. A 2016 Education ...

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

A new tool aims to give teachers a better way to track student progress and outcomes. StudyBlue, a Madison, WI-based education technology provider, has launched Class Stats, a new formative assessment ...

Handheld devices empower teachers with assessment data they can put to immediate use. At the Orange County Public School District in Orlando, FL, assessing reading skills among the youngest students ...

Formative assessment comprises techniques that are used to monitor student learning and to provide ongoing feedback. The aim of formative assessment is to provide information on student struggles that ...

Charles public schools recently celebrated seven teachers for being recognized as apart of the Maryland State Department of Education’s Assessment for Learning Classroom of Distinction program. The ...