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An activity that is used as both a learning tool and assessment tool. It is used to gauge a learner’s understanding prior to a more formal assessment activity. It should provide both the teacher and learner with information that can be used to improve the learner’s understanding of the topic.

Formative assessment refers to a wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in-process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit, or course. Formative assessments help teachers identify concepts that students are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring, or learning standards they have not yet achieved so that adjustments can be made to lessons, instructional techniques, and academic support.

Assessment that takes place at regular intervals during a course, with feedback provided along the way to help improve the student’s performance.

A range of formal, non-formal and informal ongoing assessment procedures used to focus teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment, or which are required for the purpose of a year mark.