Lesson Design and Planning from scratch 7 Assessment WHY FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT MAKES BETTER TEACHERS Formative assessment is done as students are learning. Summative assessment is at the end (like a test). Good teachers in every subject will adjust their teaching based on what students know at each point. Good formative assessment removes the embarrassment of public hand raising and gives teachers feedback that impacts how they re teaching at that moment. Instant feedback. Formative ➄ is another tool in this category, with some different advantages. Whereas in Socrative you see the answers and what students are doing, Formative can have students draw on their device, type answers, or use a variety of methods all updated live on your screen as students enter their answer. 149