Formative assessment plays a central role in effective teaching. It is not something done at the end of instruction, but ...

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs ... when reviewing a lesson to check for understanding and to help students walk through their thinking process. CATs are a form of formative assessment.

The Classroom Assessment Scoring System, developed by Robert Pianta at the University of Virginia is a tool for analyzing the quality of teacher-student interactions in the classroom. It produces ...