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20 formative assessment examples you can use during a lesson

Formative assessment is most useful when it changes what happens next. These examples are designed to give teachers a quick signal while there is still time to adapt the lesson.

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One-question misconception poll

Confidence rating before independent work

Predict-before-you-show poll

Choose the best explanation

Spot the incorrect step

Two plausible answers discussion

One-minute exit ticket

Before-and-after opinion poll

Which example belongs?

Rank the next learning need

Error-analysis choice

Vocabulary meaning check

Worked-example checkpoint

True statement / false statement choice

Which evidence is strongest?

Traffic-light confidence poll

Next-step selection

Peer explanation then revote

Most confusing point poll

End-of-unit readiness pulse

Turn one prompt into a 60-second class check

Choose the prompt that best matches your next instructional decision, reduce it to two to four clear answer choices, and run it as a short anonymous class poll.

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