Formative

What is Formative?

Formative is an educational platform that supports how teachers teach and how students learn. Educators can create questions, lessons, and assignments, including automatically generated questions aligned with educational standards and optional hints. The company emphasizes ethical AI use and provides resources to help users avoid AI bias.

Teachers can deliver immediate feedback, monitor progress, and collaborate with other teachers across subjects such as math, science, and social studies. Getting started requires a free account, with paid plans available for schools and businesses.

Who created Formative?

Formative was founded by Darin B. It is a top partner with Google Classroom and ranks among the top 10 add-ons. The platform includes Formative AI, which generates questions and assignments matched to educational standards.

What is Formative used for?

Creating assessments: Turn a PDF or Google Doc into a self-grading quiz, present slides with built-in questions to pace lessons, add questions to reading passages, and embed YouTube videos with questions attached to specific moments.

Question variety: Ask varied question types, including graphing and drag-and-drop, and let students record audio or video responses. Strikethroughs help students reflect on their own thinking and take charge of their learning.

Feedback and integrity: Deliver feedback faster and detect copy-and-pasted answers to support academic integrity.

Monitoring progress: Track student growth against learning standards over time, share data within Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), and access reports for common assessments.

Collaboration: Work with colleagues and co-teachers on lessons and assessments, and embed other learning apps within Formative.

For school leaders: Formative supports faculty collaboration, secure assessments via the Respondus LockDown Browser, and Learn integration.

Who is Formative for?

Formative is built for teachers, educators, and school leaders.