Getting Started with Formative Assessment

Scholarly Resources

For a little more information on the value, applicability, generalizability, and difficulties in the design of controlled experiment, see the following:

• Formative assessment and the design of instructional systems, by D. Royce Sadler of the University of Queensland
• The Concept of Formative Assessment, by Carol Boston of University of Maryland-College Park
• Online formative assessment in higher education: A review of the literature, by J.W. Gikandi, D. Morrow, and N.E. Davis of the University of Canterbury
• Learning styles and formative assessment strategy: enhancing student achievement in Web-based learning, by K.H. Wang, T.H. Wangw, W. L. Wangz and S. C. Huangz of the National Changhua University of Education
• A formative assessment-based mobile learning approach to improving the learning attitudes and achievements of students, by Gwo-Jen Hwang of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and Hsun-Fang Chang of the National University of Tainan
• Formative assessment in higher education: Moves towards theory and the enhancement of pedagogic practice, by Mantz Yorke of Liverpool John Moores University
• Formative assessment: Revisiting the territory, by D. Royce Sadler of the University of Queensland
• Formative assessment and self-regulated learning: A model and seven principles of good feedback practice, by David Nicol of the University of Strathclyde and Debra MacFarlane-Dick of the University of Glasgow
• Facilitation of Formative Assessments using Clickers in a University Physics Course, by David Majerich, Judith Stull, Susan Varnum, Tiffany Gilles, and Joseph Ducette of Temple University, and Judith Stull of LaSalle University
• Developing the theory of formative assessment, by Paul Black of King’s College London and Dylan Williams of the University of London

General Media

These sources would generally not be suitable for use in your assignments, but they may provide a useful general overview of the topic if you find yourself struggling with the more scholarly resources.

• What is the difference between formative and summative assessment?, from Carnegie Mellon University
• Formative Assessment and Assessment for Learning, from Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning
• Fact Sheet: Formative Assessment, from Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy
• Formative assessment, by Heather Coffey of the University of North Carolina
• A Sampling of Types of Formative Assessment, from the Illinois State Board of Education
• Formative Assessment and Next-Generation Assessment Systems: Are We Losing an Opportunity?, by Margaret Heritage of the University of California
• Examples of Formative Assessment, from the West Virginia Department of Education
• 7 Ways eLearning Can Help With Formative Assessments, from SubjectScore
• Formative Assessment, from Wikipedia
• The Best Value in Formative Assessment, by Stephen Chappuis and Jan Chappuis of the ETS Assessment Training Institute
• 5 Fantastic, Fast, Formative Assessment Tools, from Vicki Davis of Edutopia
• What Are Formative Assessments and Why Should We Use Them?, from Judith Dodge of Scholastic
• Formative assessment: An enabler of learning, by Margaret Heritage of the University of California
• SBOE Takeaway: Schools Can Now Choose Formative Test Vendor, by Claire McInerny of Indiana Public Media
• K-3 think tank recommends formative assessments in early grades, by Lindsay Wagner of NC Policy Watch