A Critical Review of Research on Formative Assessment: The Limited Scientific Evidence of the Impact of Formative Assessment in Education
Karee E. Dunn,Sean W. Mulvenon +1 more
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This article provided a critical analysis of the seminal literature on formative assessment, beginning with Black and Wiliam (1998), and extending through current published materials, and pointed out that there is no agreed upon lexicon with regard to formative assessments and suspect methodological approaches in the efforts to demonstrate positive effects that could be attributed to Formative Assessment.Abstract:
The existence of a plethora of empirical evidence documenting the improvement of educational outcomes through the use of formative assessment is conventional wisdom within education. In reality, a limited body of scientifically based empirical evidence exists to support that formative assessment directly contributes to positive educational outcomes. The use of formative assessments, or other diagnostic efforts within classrooms, provides information that should help facilitate improved pedagogical practices and instructional outcomes. However, a review of the formative assessment literature revealed that there is no agreed upon lexicon with regard to formative assessment and suspect methodological approaches in the efforts to demonstrate positive effects that could be attributed to formative assessments. Thus, the purpose of this article was two-fold. First, the authors set out to clarify the terminology related to formative assessment and its usage. Finally, the article provides a critical analysis of the seminal literature on formative assessment, beginning with Black and Wiliam (1998), and extending through current published materials.read more
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Assessment and Classroom Learning
Paul Black,Dylan Wiliam +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the literature on classroom formative assessment can be found in this article, where the authors consider the perceptions of students and their role in self-assessment alongside analysis of the strategies used by teachers and the formative strategies incorporated in such systemic approaches as mastery learning.
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The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an historical framework highlighting the key tenets of social efficiency curricula, behaviorist learning theories, and scientific measurement, and offer a contrasting social constructivist conceptual framework that blends key ideas from cognitive, constructivist, and sociocultural theories.
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Assessment Crisis: The Absence Of Assessment FOR Learning
TL;DR: Our current assessment systems are harming huge numbers of students for reasons that few understand as discussed by the authors, and that harm arises directly from our failure to balance our use of standardized tests and classroom assessments in the service of school improvement.
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Effects of Systematic Formative Evaluation: A Meta-Analysis:
Lynn S. Fuchs,Douglas Fuchs +1 more
TL;DR: The magnitude of the effect of formative evaluation was associated with publication type, data-evaluation method, data display, and use of behavior modification, and implications for special education practice are discussed.