alleryWhen is an assessment truly formative?
AWhen it is graded strictly
BWhen it alters later teaching
CWhen it comes at year end
DWhen all schools adopt it
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. When it alters later teaching
1. For both thinkers, use matters more than form.
2. An assessment is only formative if it is used to alter subsequent educational decisions.
3. Black and Wiliam later called this definition too restrictive.
_Source: Wikipedia, Formative assessment, Origin of the term_
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