The Primary English Encyclopedia: The Heart of the Curriculum, Third Edition
See also assessment, reading, speaking and listening, miscue analysis, writing
This is a kind of assessment which records what a young learner has achieved and how they might be helped to make further progress.
It can serve a diagnostic purpose: a miscue analysis provides a profile of a young reader’s strengths and limitations. Formative assessments feed into a dynamic cycle of planning, teaching and learning. The results of formative evaluations can be used with test results to provide a summative assessment, a snapshot of where a pupil is at a particular time.
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