How Technology Based Formative Assessment Impacts Student Achievement in an Alternative Education Program

This capstone project is focused on what impact the use of technology-based formative assessment has on student achievement in an alternative education school. This study analyzed student assessment scores prior to providing teachers with instruction on how to use technology to effectively give student formative assessments. After the teachers were provided with the knowledge to use a formative assessment application, the teachers were asked to implement the formative assessment process in their daily instruction. Surveys were also issued to teacher before training was provided to them, as well as after a period of time in which they were able to implement the instructional strategy in their classrooms. Classroom assessments were delivered at the end of the period in which teachers began using formative assessments. Afterward, student assessment scores were analyzed to identify whether the use of this instructional strategy had an effect on student achievement.