Formative Assessment
Subtitle: Improving Learning In Secondary Classrooms
Publisher: OECD; OECD Publishing
Published: January 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9789264007390
Subjects: Secondary; Education; Education / Teaching; Case studies; Educaciâon secundaria; Education, Secondary; Evaluaciâon; Evaluation; OECD countries; Paâises de la OCDE
Description: This study features a collection of eight case studies of exemplary cases from secondary schools as well as international literature reviews and policy analysis related to formative assessment – the frequent assessments of student progress to identify learning needs and shape teaching.  It examines such issues as benefits and barriers for using formative assessment, policy frameworks and implications, and formative assessment in practice.  Achievement gains attributed to formative assessment are reported as being quite high, but it is not yet practiced systematically.  This book makes the case for use of formative assessment and shows how it can be put into practice.