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Formative Assessment Conceptions and Practices of Junior High School Social Studies Teachers in the Techiman Municipality of Ghana
Universal Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
| Vol 2, Issue 4
Table 3. Teachers’ understanding of formative assessment
| Definition | Frequency | Percentage |
| Formative assessment is a process of administering a test to students in order to assign grades and report to parents and officials. | 13 | 13.68 |
| Formative assessment is a process, which helps teachers to promote students from one class to another. | 2 | 2.1 |
| Formative assessment refers to all tests a teacher gives at the end of a topic or term. | 15 | 15.79 |
| Formative assessment refers to the assessment that is specifically intended to generate feedback to improve instruction and accelerate students learning. | 65 | 68.42 |
| Total | 95 | 100 |