In primary and secondary education, formative assessment has become a common theme at conferences, a standard offering in test company catalogues, and a focus for teacher in-service training. A key reason for the popularity of formative assessment is, undoubtedly, the claims that have been made for its effectiveness. The most commonly cited quantitative claims are for effects between .4 and .7 ...

This study aims to investigate Vietnamese students’ perceptions of portfolio assessment and how it affects their writing performance. Furthermore, the explores problems encountered during process, which could offer professional support for teachers, particularly novice when applying this formative teaching writing. Data was collected through written papers, observations, semi-structured intervi...

Introduction: Online formative assessments (OFA’s) have beenincreasingly recognised in medical education as resources thatpromote self-directed learning. Formative assessments are usedto support the self-directed learning of students. Online formativeassessments have been identified to be less time consuming withautomated feedback. This pilot study aimed to determine whetherparticipation and pe...

We explore how data generated by an online formative automated writing evaluation tool can help connect student writing product and processes, and thereby provide evidence for improvement in student writing. Data for 12,337 8th grade students were retrieved from the Criterion database and analyzed using statistical methods. The data primarily consisted of automated holistic scores on the studen...