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Direct linkWineburg, Sam; Smith, Mark; Breakstone, Joel – Social Education, 2012
Research has shown that formative assessment is a key ingredient in raising student achievement. The goal of formative assessment is not to grade students, but to pinpoint where they are having trouble and then to take appropriate instructional action. In a review of 250 studies, Black and Wiliam found that formative assessments had a more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Primary Sources, Teaching Methods, Validity
