# Formative Assessment Technique Selector

Select the right formative assessment technique for a specific learning moment...

- Repository: https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills (939 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-22
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill formative-assessment-technique-selector -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill formative-assessment-technique-selector -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill formative-assessment-technique-selector -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill formative-assessment-technique-selector -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add GarethManning/education-agent-skills`

## Description

Select the right formative assessment technique for a specific learning moment, purpose, and age group. Use when choosing how to check understanding during, between, or after lessons.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Formative Assessment Technique Selector

## What This Skill Does

Selects the most appropriate formative assessment technique for a specific learning moment, during instruction, after guided practice, at the end of a lesson, or between lessons, and provides a complete implementation guide including how to interpret the responses and what to do next based on what the data shows. Unlike generic lists of formative assessment ideas, this skill matches the technique to the specific moment, purpose, and practical constraints. A technique that works brilliantly at the end of a lesson (exit ticket) is useless during a teacher explanation; a technique that works for checking factual recall (mini-whiteboards) is inappropriate for checking deep understanding (which requires explanation, not single answers). AI is specifically valuable here because selecting the right technique requires matching the assessment purpose (what am I checking?), the timing (when in the lesson?), the response format (do I need quick data from everyone, or deep data from a few?), and the practical constraints (class size, resources, time).

## Evidence Foundation

The rest: https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/curriculum-assessment/formative-assessment-technique-selector/SKILL.md