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Effective formative assessment strategies allow you an opportunity to collect evidence on MLs’ progress in content knowledge and language development and make immediate decisions based on that evidence. The benefit of formative assessment for MLs is that it provides you with ongoing insights into students’ learning and supports you in adjusting your instruction accordingly. When planning for formative assessment for MLs, you need to be able to articulate the key learning being taught and assessed, collect valid and reliable evidence, interpret that evidence, and use it to plan for ongoing instruction. The ML Formative Assessment Checklist provides guiding questions to support you in the planning and implementation process.