The Role of a Learning Culture in Formative Assessment
The process of formative assessment depends on a classroom culture where students feel safe to say what they know and what they do not understand, to give and receive constructive feedback from peers, and to take risks in their learning. Implementing such a learning culture can support students to feel safe in their learning environment and learning with and from their peers. This brief is designed to support the development of classroom cultures that support the use of formative assessment. To do so, this brief describes six interdependent features of such a classroom culture:
- Shared responsibility for learning
- Positive interactions with the teacher and among peers
- Supportive and collaborative relationships
- Mutual trust
- Intellectual rigor
- Learning expectations for all students