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.
How to Build Review Activities Into Daily Lessons
When teachers revisit earlier lessons in small, structured ways, students feel more confident on assessments—and retain the content better.6.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Portfolios to Assess Student Learning
Allowing students to select the work that they feel is most representative of their learning is a powerful way to assess student knowledge.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Inviting Participation With Thumbs-Up Responses
A quick assessment strategy replaces raised hands, encouraging more students to contribute by accommodating their different processing needs.5MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.60-Second Strategy: Silent Partners
When teachers bring this fun formative assessment game into a lesson, they get a snapshot of what students have understood, and what they haven’t.29 High-Impact Formative Assessment Strategies
These versatile strategies—from brain dumps to speed sharing—help students track their own progress while informing your next instructional steps.61.4kYour content has been saved!
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7 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.1.3MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.13 Super-Quick Formative Assessments
Teachers can use these techniques to gauge students’ understanding mid-lesson and then decide whether to reteach or press ahead.7 Low-Stakes Formative Assessment Activities
Building frequent checks for understanding into lessons can help teachers spot learning gaps in real time and adjust instruction before moving on.31.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Implementing a ‘Halftime Ticket’ to Gauge Understanding
Teachers can borrow the idea of halftime from sports by shifting exit tickets to earlier in the class, assessing how well students understand a lesson—and what they need to get the win.How to Decide What to Do After Your Formative Assessment
You’ve checked for understanding—now you can use this framework to understand what students’ confusion is telling you, and how you can adjust course.The Proven Benefits of Grading Less
By shifting their focus from letter grades to meaningful feedback, teachers can unlock deeper learning, foster motivation, and minimize bias in the classroom.60-Second Strategy: One Word, One Sentence
When time is short, this 2-minute closing activity gives students a chance to reflect and make meaning, and teachers an opportunity to assess how the lesson went.69.5kYour content has been saved!
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Covid-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.557.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.60-Second Strategy: Whiteboard Relay
The team competition is fierce in this informal assessment activity, in which students have to work together to win.190.4kYour content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Ask Questions That Engage the Whole Class
These techniques guide all students to process course content and then actively demonstrate their learning.435kYour content has been saved!
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