Using frequent ungraded classroom assessments can help teachers guide students to focus more on learning and less on test ...

My story last week on formative assessment prompted a reader to pose a question about how it relates to the concept of “mastery learning” as he was practicing it in his classroom. Intrigued, I asked ...

Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing ...

Vol. 50, No. 4, Engaging Students in Learning: A Special Issue Dedicated to Jere Brophy (Fall 2011), pp. 319-326 (8 pages) Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Formative assessment has been widely ...

All over the U.S., schools are using formative assessments to find out what their students know, and, before I go any further, let me make it clear that I think this is a good thing. Any well-run ...