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New Research Highlights Teachers' Perceptions of Formative Assessment in Classrooms

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

LOS ANGELES, March 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Formative assessment platform provider, Formative Inc., today released a research study conducted by the American Institutes for Research ( AIR ).The descriptive study asked teachers about their formative assessment practices and how they used the Formative platform to inform teaching and learning.Teachers reported that they believe that the platform, Formative Inc, is making a difference for students in their classroom.

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  • LOS ANGELES, March 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Formative assessment platform provider, Formative Inc., today released a research study conducted by the American Institutes for Research ( AIR ).The descriptive study asked teachers about their formative assessment practices and how they used the Formative platform to inform teaching and learning.Teachers reported that they believe that the platform, Formative Inc, is making a difference for students in their classroom.
  • Some are just beginning to use formative assessment practices and others have truly embraced what we refer to as formative teaching a dynamic form of personalizing instruction and learning.
  • The AIR study, "TechnologyMediated Formative Assessment: A Study of Educators' SelfReported Practice," examined a representative sample of teachers' use of the Formative Inc platform.
  • The study also included a teacher survey to gather teacher perceptions of formative assessment practices and teaching.Key questions answered by the study included: How often do teachers use Formative?