Looking to the Future: Lessons Learned and Ideas for Further Research

Abstract

This concluding paper to the volume highlights some lessons learned from the various papers relative to the issue of formative assessment and draws them together as a range of attempts to make students’ learning visible. In addition, possible avenues for further research related to this important topic are discussed, including formative assessment as an instrument or a process, the development of tools for assessment, and a more nuanced understanding of classroom assessment.