Chartered College of Teaching · We need formative assessment now more than ever
Assessment is always a contentious issue, with ongoing debates about methods, uses and implications. Formative and summative assessment are often pitched against each other, with summative concerns driving the taught curriculum and formative focusing more on individual progress. Of course, all education systems need both assessment to support and to summarise progress. With schools closed across the world, both purposes of assessment are currently difficult to implement, but which should be the priority when schools return? This article argues that to make the most of the time back in school, the focus should be on using formative assessment to support learning. Our current situation is unique, making it difficult to predict the implications of the pandemic on children's learning. However, there has been a lot of research in the past on 'summer learning loss', especially in those countries
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