To understand formative assessment, it’s better to think of it less as a test, and more as good teaching practice. The papers—and the panel discussion—land at a particularly opportune time ...

Formative, a student learning and analytics platform, raises $70M to challenge the summative, test-based approach to education ...

Formative assessments should be used not only to monitor student progress but also to improve day-to-day instruction, says Dylan Wiliam in his final guest post.

Global package of remote formative assessment tools Report on Piloting of Remote Phone-based Formative Assessment Solutions in Ghana, Nepal, and Pakistan with lessons learned from implementing the ...