An unprecedented venture in American higher education, the Department of Formative Education (DFE) is devoted to the interdisciplinary exploration of questions at once perennial and pressing: How do ...

This type of feedback, called formative assessment, is often easier said than done. Schools are finding challenges in all areas, including even getting students to a computer with Internet access.

Formative education at Boston College is distinctive because we integrate the academic, residential life, experiential learning, volunteer, and campus ministry experiences of our students in a ...

Carla C. Johnson, Toni A. Sondergeld, Janet B. Walton, A Study of the Implementation of Formative Assessment in Three Large Urban Districts, American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 56, No. 6 ...