We called on a classroom teacher to help define and explain formative assessment, and we made a neat little video explainer for you. Take a look; it’s embedded in the top of this blog post.

One modern educational innovation is a method called “formative assessment,” but an array of definitions and applications complicate the ability of experts to measure the effectiveness of this ...

Deanna Iceman Sands of Seattle University describes how formative assessment is conceptualized and how its conceptualization promotes self-directed learning for students as they engage in goal ...

SimCity As game-based learning gains momentum in education circles, teachers increasingly want substantive proof that games are helpful for learning. The game-makers at the non-profit GlassLab are ...

This paper wishes to clarify the definitions of the central terms relating to assessment. It argues that all assessment begins with summative assessment (which is a judgement) and that formative ...