Formative assessment with TeachersFlow

Formative assessment means using what students produce to shape what you teach next — assessment that feeds teaching instead of just filing a number. This is the routine TeachersFlow is strongest at.

The core routine

1. Grade from a photo. In the Test grader, photograph a test and let the AI grade it question by question, with per-part notes and overall feedback you can edit.
2. Save to the student. The graded test — feedback included — lands on the student's record in Groups, and the grade is added alongside it.
3. Generate the next step from real evidence. In the Assessment generator, select that student and check Use this student's history for context and continuity. The AI sees their recent assessments, graded tests, and grades — so the next feedback or task builds on what they actually got right and wrong, instead of repeating generic advice.

Repeat. Each pass through the loop gives the next one more to work with.

Grades are signals, not verdicts

Records in TeachersFlow carry a grade because many teachers need one — schools require grading even from teachers who work formatively. But treat it as what it is here: a performance measure you can see and analyze over time. The substance of the record is the feedback and the per-question detail, not the number. Nothing in the app pushes you toward grading for its own sake.

Quick formative checks in class

You don't need a full test to see where the class is. Activities give you in-the-moment checks — an exit-ticket quiz can auto-grade and save to records if you want the signal kept, or run without saving if you just want to see the room. More in Reading the room.

Feedback-oriented assessment forms

The assessment generator's feedback-oriented forms — written feedback, observation, bullet-point summary, goal setting — exist for exactly this workflow: turning what you know about a student into something that helps them move. The full list of forms and when to use each is in Assessment form types.