Formative Assessment takes place during a lesson or educational activity. The main objective of formative assessment is not grading, but to know about the learning progress of students during instruction. It provides feedback to a teacher about the on-going learning or educational activity. 
It informs him/her of the hurdles and difficulties faced by the students in mastering a particular lesson or skill.
Since formative assessment takes place during the lesson or educational activity, therefore it has dual effect, affects the teacher and the students as well at the same time. On the one hand it provides an opportunity to the teacher to improve his/her performance by adjusting the instruction or teaching method to the learning styles of his/her students. While on the other hand, it provides a chance to the students for self-assessment. Formative assessment is a real-time process and can be found in almost every classroom of the world. Term papers, quizzes and mud cards, classroom assignments and class tests are the main forms of formative assessment. The other two famous types of assessment are:
Diagnostic Assessment
Summative Assessment
It informs him/her of the hurdles and difficulties faced by the students in mastering a particular lesson or skill. Since formative assessment takes place during the lesson or educational activity, therefore it has dual effect, affects the teacher and the students as well at the same time. On the one hand it provides an opportunity to the teacher to improve his/her performance by adjusting the instruction or teaching method to the learning styles of his/her students. While on the other hand, it provides a chance to the students for self-assessment. Formative assessment is a real-time process and can be found in almost every classroom of the world. Term papers, quizzes and mud cards, classroom assignments and class tests are the main forms of formative assessment. The other two famous types of assessment are:
Diagnostic Assessment
Summative Assessment
