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Feedback and Formative Assessment--Looking Backwards to Move Forward
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Nora McCarthy; Karen Neville; Andrew Pope – Discover Education, 2025
The terms 'feedback' and 'formative assessment' are ubiquitous in education, but their conceptual boundaries are ill-defined. This perspective piece explores the meaning of 'feedback' and 'formative assessment', revealing the entanglement and confusion that exists between these two terms. An argument for clarity of terms is made, to avoid…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Formative Evaluation, Definitions, Language Usage