In the Amazing Learning Design Outline (ALDO), I highlight the importance of assessment. Assessment is critical to crafting feedback that closes the learning gap. That gap is between where the student is now and where they need to be. Did you know that formative assessment can double student learning gains? Formative assessment is an ongoing, low-stakes assessment that regularly provides such feedback to students and teachers. In other words, to gauge where students are learning, they must be assessed before, during, and after learning. And these assessments can tie into a wide variety of strategies.