If you enter any school and ask who’s responsibility it is to focus on formative assessment to drive practices, most likely all of the answers will focus on teachers. According to Tom Guskey, ...

There’s a war of sorts going on within the normally staid assessment industry, and it’s a war over the definition of a type of assessment that many educators understand in only the sketchiest fashion.

There are countless ways to assess students. Speaking broadly, two key assessment categories are “summative” and “formative”. Summative assessment, often the most popular one, aims to measure how much ...

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 emphasises on regular formative assessment that enables student learning, rather than summative assessments that encourage a coaching culture. What is ...

The University of Bristol is aiming to be a UK top 10 university for teaching and research by 2030. Our new strategy sets out an ambitious approach for education which builds on Bristol’s strong ...

A critical aspect of education is assessment, providing feedback on student learning to all parts of the education ecosystem. However, in this time of transition and blended learning environments, ...