School & testing
Formative assessment
Low-stakes checks during learning that guide what to teach next.
Formative assessment is the ongoing, low-stakes checking a teacher (or an app) does while learning is happening, a quick quiz, a question, a practice set, to see what stuck and what to revisit. It guides instruction rather than grading it.
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