Formative Assessment
Find and share ideas for checking in with students during a project, class, or semester to assess their learning and see if content or instruction needs adjusting.
Creative Ways to Assess Math Understanding
Traditional math assessments tend to provide a narrow gauge of student learning—here’s how some teachers are going deeper.8 Ways to Reduce Student Cheating
Clarity about learning objectives and questions that focus on the thinking process can lessen the chance that students will cheat.How to Spend Less Time Grading
Carefully deciding what to grade and providing students with rubrics can make grading less time-consuming.3.4k7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom
Finding out what your students are really learning remains indispensable to teaching. Here’s what teachers are doing to check for understanding online.8.9kHow to Make Sure Grades Are Meaningful and Useful to Students
Giving grades that truly reflect student learning is one of the perennial problems in teaching, and these shifts in thinking about how to gather and report grades can help.3.4k4 Assessment Strategies for Distance and Hybrid Learning
A few ways to set up formative and summative assessments that provide an accurate picture of what students know.3.6kReading the Virtual Classroom Is Hard, but It Can Be Done
Many teachers find it difficult to gauge how well students understand a lesson in an online classroom. A technique common among award-winning online instructors should help.10.2kCovid-19’s Impact on Students’ Academic and Mental Well-Being
The pandemic has revealed—and exacerbated—inequities that hold many students back. Here’s how teachers can help.12.3kFormative Assessment in Distance Learning
Schools are closed but schooling goes on, and it remains crucial that teachers find ways to see what students are learning.15.9kFormative and Summative Assessment in a Hybrid Classroom
Getting a true sense of students’ learning and discouraging cheating is tough when some students are in the room and some are at home, but it can be done.2.9kInviting Participation With Thumbs-Up Responses
A quick assessment strategy replaces raised hands, encouraging more students to contribute by accommodating their different processing needs.31.2k7 Smart, Fast Ways to Do Formative Assessment
Within these methods you’ll find close to 40 tools and tricks for finding out what your students know while they’re still learning.23.7k3 Ways to Ask Questions That Engage the Whole Class
These techniques guide all students to process course content and then actively demonstrate their learning.13.7kFocusing on Feedback in Distance Learning
Particularly in this difficult year, providing clear feedback is key to helping elementary students achieve learning goals.1.5kFantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools
Checking for understanding is good for both students and teachers. We’ve rounded up a variety of digital tools to help you do it.25.2k