Government Technology

Indiana Adopts K-2 Formative Assessment System in Reading and Math

Indiana has selected Wireless Generation to serve the state's kindergarten through 2nd grade classrooms with formative assessments in reading and math. Wireless Generation's handheld computer-based ...
Business Insider

Istation Approved as Statewide Assessment in TexasPublic and open-enrollment charter schools get free access to Istation’s formative reading assessments for grades 3-5

Dallas, Sept. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Istation, an industry leader in educational technology, announced today that Texas public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools will have free ...
Education Week

Response: Formative Assessments Are ‘Powerful’

This week’s question is: What are effective formative assessment techniques? As I said in a previous popular Classroom Q & A post, Ways To Include Students In The Formative Assessment Process, ...
Education Week

Formative Assessment or ‘Formative Instruction’?

Formative assessment is squishy. And squishy things don’t easily yield to standardized measurement. And that creates an awkward situation in an era of numbers-driven accountability. That squishiness ...