Corrected: An earlier version of this study incorrectly described the 1998 study by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam. It is a literature review. If you ask five teachers what formative assessment is, ...

There’s always a lot of interest among Education Week readers in the topic of “formative assessment.” And despite some confusion over the research, there is at least general recognition that this ...

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 & ...

In addition to grading, both oral and written forms will also be used to assess students, according to the Ministry of Education and Training's (MOET) newly released Circular 22. Ngo Huy Tam, head of ...

There are countless ways to assess students. Speaking broadly, two key assessment categories are “summative” and “formative”. Summative assessment, often the most popular one, aims to measure how much ...

This article is part of the collection: From Pre-Fab to Personalized: How Districts Are Retooling Professional Development. While school districts and companies alike may use different names -- ...