Week 2

Read Chapter 2: The Case for Formative Assessment

Select and respond to one of the questions below. Be sure to include the question at the top of your response so we know which question you are addressing. (due Sunday 11:59 pm)

Return to the blog and comment on another participant's post. (due Monday 11:59 pm)

  1. What kinds of improvement strategies have the best impact on student outcome?
  2. What is formative assessment? How does it contrast with summative evaluation?
  3. Why is assessment the central process in instruction?