The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.

However, you don’t have to be an assessment expert to employ sound practices to guide your teaching. Here we present the basic concepts you need to know to become more systematic …

Formative assessment refers to the gathering of information or data about student learning during a course or program that is used to guide improvements in teaching and learning.

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are a set of specific activities that instructors can use to quickly gauge students’ comprehension. They are generally used to assess students’ …

If you’ve ever given an exam, led a discussion, or assigned a project – and used what you discovered about student learning to refine your teaching – you’ve engaged in assessment.

Using Concept MapsUsing Concept Maps Concept maps are a graphic representation of students’ knowledge. Having students create concept maps can provide you with insights into …

Formative and summative assessment types can be similar in structure but have different goals. The main goal of formative assessment is to gather feedback that can be used by the …

This assessment strategy provides students with more frequent opportunities for practice and feedback over the course of the semester while offering instructors meaningful data points …

This study evaluates the ASSISTments system, an innovative educational technology tool that provides formative assessment during instruction. This was a large-scale, long-term study …

Rubrics can be used for a wide array of assignments: papers, projects, oral presentations, artistic performances, group projects, etc. Rubrics can be used as scoring or grading guides, to …