Develop a Student-Centered Mind-set for Formative Assessment

A teacher-centered mind-set focuses on formative assessment as a teaching method: it’s something teachers “do.” A student-centered mind-set focuses on viewing learning—and formative assessment information—from the student’s point of view. This article illustrates these two approaches to formative assessment and shows how moving from a teacher-centered mind-set to a student-centered mind-set is the single most important thing you can do to improve both your use of formative assessment strategies and its effects on students.