What is formative assessment, and how can formative assessments improve instructional efficacy?

What will be an ideal response?


Formative assessment is assessment conducted at various points during a learning sequence to collect information about student progress and the effectiveness of instruction. (from Formative Assessment, p. 72). Formative assessments improve instructional efficacy by helping teachers to identify what students know and do not know, what instructional approaches are working and for which students, and what challenges students are experiencing in the learning process. (From Formative Assessment).

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a. True b. False

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a. have confided in each other about very personal and private matters. b. have many of the same interests and greatly enjoy each other's company. c. find each other attractive but don't know each other very well. d. have begun to experiment in sexually intimate ways.

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Most students with learning disabilities have problems with _____

A) attention B) hyperactivity C) reading D) written language

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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