Using formative assessment to enhance learning, achievement, and academic self-regulation

Writing with the practical constraints of teaching in mind, Andrade and Heritage present a concise resource to help teachers maximize the positive impacts of classroom assessment on teaching.

There is convincing evidence that carefully applied classroom assessments can promote student learning and academic self-regulation.

These assessments include, but are not limited to, conversations with students, diagnostic test items, and co-created rubrics used to guide feedback for students themselves and their peers.