I love hyphens. Always have. Always will. If used properly, hyphens make things easier to read. This is because hyphenated words let readers know there’s something still coming in a phrase that’s ...

Today’s Guest post is written by international Formative Assessment expert Shirley Clarke. Clarke is located in London, England. My passion is the practical application of the principles of formative ...

To start, a question: What’s the difference between formative assessment and summative assessment? It’s not enough to say merely that formative assessment is a measure of student achievement ...

Why formative assessment is so important Before outlining formative assessment’s undeniable importance, context regarding assessments as a whole is warranted. Oftentimes, schools use different types ...

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 ...

The recent Gonski report argues Australia needs assessment and reporting models that capture both achievement progress and long-term learning progress. This, according to the review panel, involves ...

The pupils could obviously discriminate between the two different approaches, and they surprised the teacher by complaining: "Look, we've told you we don't understand this. Why are you going on to the ...

Hands up: what do we mean when we talk about formative assessment? It’s a question that generates plenty of debate. At a time when assessment in schools is under increased scrutiny, we spoke to one of ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading education technology provider MasteryConnect has announced the availability of a paid/premium version of its wildly popular formative assessment app Socrative.