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This course gets at the heart of formative assessment, beyond the basics. The
course begins with a lesson about understanding. What are we looking for when we
say that we want students to understand a concept? Many educators suggest that if
students can apply what they've learned, they're on their way to understanding the
content.

With that definition of understanding as a guide, the following modules delve more
deeply into the kinds of activities that allow students to apply what they've learned.
They also review the variety of formative assessments that enable teachers to
evaluate whether, how much, and what students are learning. The results of these
formative assessments provide teachers with the student learning data they need to
plan their next instructional steps.