Holistic Student Outcomes Monitoring Toolkit
Assessment to Inform Instruction: Formative Assessment
This resource provides an overview of assessment for learning, commonly called formative assessment. Among several different types of assessment, formative assessment most directly informs instructional practice. Conducted correctly, formative assessment is an essential element in effective primary grade reading instruction. Our paper begins with a review of key aspects about formative assessment relevant to literacy development, including types of formative assessment, their links to the instructional decision cycle, and requisite features of quality formative assessment.
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Resource Categories
How to monitor student outcomes
How to prioritize student outcomes
User Type
Partner MERL/T&S staff
Teachers/Fellows
School leadership
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Target Outcomes
Academic
Language
English
Relevance
Relevance: 5 out of 5
Target Population
Lower primary
Upper primary
Year created/revised
2019
Evidence-based and/or insights-driven
True
User Friendliness
User friendliness: 3 out of 5
Keywords
Formative asssessment, feedback loops, teacher-led assessment