It provides students with clear and actionable feedback, allows them to share learning goals and also models what success looks like.įor example, you might use formative assessment when your students are discussing a topic in order to practice some new vocabulary and you hear them using some words in the wrong context. The value of assessment data in L2 classrooms is widely recognized, but teachers are often unsure which type of testing is most appropriate.įormative assessment is what helps guide learning. Formative, summative, interim assessment: what’s the difference? Bill is the Director of Assessment and Measurement at Pearson. Trisevgeni is an associate Lecturer at the University of Athens, Greece and holds a PhD in English Language and Linguistics with a specialization in EFL Testing & assessment.
For this article they are sharing with us some of the key takeaways from their talk in Brighton. After Shay Coyne’s popular post about teacher cognition and planning very young learner classes, we thought we’d bring you more highlights from this year’s IATEFL conference.įor this post, we are turning to Trisevgeni Liontou and Bill Bonk, who are both experts in combining formative and interim assessment tools in the classroom.
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