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For Scriven and Bloom, an assessment is formative only if it is used for what?

AAwarding final marks
BAltering later decisions
CRanking pupils in class
DReporting to parents
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Altering later decisions
1. Scriven and Bloom set a strict test for the label formative. 2. The assessment must be used to alter subsequent educational decisions. 3. Black and Wiliam later called this too restrictive. _Source: Wikipedia, Formative assessment, Origin of the term_
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