As we explore the design and application of formative assessments, it is important that we look at the culture of the classrooms in which they will be administered. Formative assessments will increase ...

Teachers usually can’t use standardized tests to accelerate students’ learning. The tests are often too general and the results too slow in coming to help teachers make daily instructional decisions.

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 35, No. 2 (2012), pp. 24-40 (17 pages) Abstract Formative assessment is a potentially powerful instructional process because the ...

Panaji: Soon, students from Classes IX to XII in Goa are likely to be assessed not only based on memory-based written tests, but assessments of their overall competencies, interests, aptitudes, and ...