Wiliam & Leahy's Five Formative Assessment Strategies in Action

Written under the guidance and with the support of Dylan Wiliam, Kate Jones writes about five formative assessment strategies in action in the classroom, with a foreword from Professor John Hattie. Building on the highly successful work of Wiliam and Siobhan Leahy, ideas are shared and misconceptions with formative assessment are addressed with lots of practical advice. Formative assessment in action focuses on five evidence-informed strategies that the teacher can use to support their learners to make progress. Formative assessment can help both the teacher and student understand what needs to be learned and how this can be achieved. During the learning process, formative assessment can identify students' progress as well as highlighting gaps in their knowledge and understanding, therefore giving the teacher useful insight as to what feedback and instruction can be provided to continue to move learners forward. Formative assessment takes place during the learning process. It continually informs the teacher and student as to how learning can move forward as it is happening. This is different to summative assessment, which focuses on the evaluation of student learning at the end of the process. There's a range of case studies from different subjects and key stages to show how formative assessment can be embedded across a curriculum successfully.

Kate Jones is a teacher, leader, bestselling author, blogger and award-winning international speaker. She is senior associate for teaching and learning at Evidence Based Education and the author of eight books, including a bestselling series on retrieval practice. Kate writes extensively about education on her website and in various educational magazines, including Teach Middle East and TES, and is the founder of the Love To Teach podcast. She has presented and worked with schools in the UK, the Middle East, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Europe and more. You can connect with Kate on social media @KateJones_Teach.