Formative Assessment: A Key to Improving Learning for English Learners
Formative assessment is a critical key to improving learning and can be used effectively with multilingual learners who come to the classroom with different strengths and assets.
Formative assessment refers to a range of practices used to obtain evidence of learning to inform ongoing instruction and to provide English learners opportunities to develop language competencies and learn academic content simultaneously. These practices help teachers and students determine the next steps to keep content and language learning moving forward.

