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Formative Assessment for Critical Thinking

Formative assessment should catch weak reasoning before the summative grade.

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Formative critical thinking assessment requires live signals: Can the student justify? Do ideas connect? Classico provides live rubric feedback during spoken assignments.

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How do you formatively assess critical thinking?

Score reasoning during the attempt—not only at submission. Classico updates Depth, Coherence, and Modern Events rings while students speak so they can revise before turning in.

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