Spotlight: Formative Assessment – Improving Learning for Every Child

The Spotlight report by HundrED and the Jacobs Foundation summarises the trends and benefits of formative assessment and introduces 14 solutions currently working to support teaching and learning through formative assessment, identifying key themes across the selected innovations, including student-centred learning, teacher professional development, and technology-enhanced feedback systems.VVOB is very proud to have been selected as one of the top 14 innovations with process-oriented child monitoring (see video below). Process-oriented child monitoring (POM), is a formative assessment system used in professional development programs for early childhood education teachers in Vietnam. Using two 5-point scales, teachers systematically observe and assess all learners' wellbeing and involvement using a simple paper-based or app-based tool. Based on this assessment, teachers identify children at risk of not learning, reflect on their own teaching practice, and on what withholds children from learning and meaningful participation. Teachers reflect individually and as a team and are supported by their school leaders and education officials.