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Redefine test prep for your district with Balanced Assessment by Formative

Transform your district's approach to test preparation. Equip students with personalized feedback and valuable insights that drive authentic learning and improvement.
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AI that delivers rigor, consistency, and standards alignment

As an administrator, the Luna Configuration Studio enables district leaders to set clear guardrails to align AI-generated assessments with standards while leveraging the resulting data to guide teaching and district decisions.

Pre-built configurations
Choose from five pre-built settings for ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Rigor.
Scale to customization
Upload your own frameworks and high-quality resources to inform Luna’s outputs.
Control question formatting
Limit the type of question formats used in classrooms.
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Create and deliver assessments

Create standards-aligned assessments and activities that allow students to practice showing their knowledge. Teachers have access to:

20+ Question Types
Available to simulate the state test interface
Item Bank
Our Item Bank contains high-quality, standards-aligned questions for Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies, aligned to Common Core, NGSS, and state standards, and filterable by Depth of Knowledge
Translations to 40+ languages
For questions, hints, and responses to meet the needs of every student
Standards Tagging
On individual items for easy reporting 
Time-saving tools
Digitize existing assessments, and co-author and share assessments to power insights district-wide
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Track progress and collaborate

View standards-aligned reporting at the student, teacher, and district level to enable targeted support. 

Real-time reporting
Live progress and results make timely feedback possible
Useful data filters
Filter reporting by standards, student, or school to power insights and collaboration
Goals-aligned guidance
Luna Next Steps provides AI-generated activities specifically aligned to areas most in need of support
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Choose a test prep tool with proven efficacy

  • When compared to control group students, students using Formative saw a ~75% boost to their ELA achievement. 
  • Completing more digital assessments in Formative was also associated with greater math achievement at the end of the year. 
  • Teachers emphasized how effective Formative was at helping students practice navigating and completing online assessments.
  • Formative meets ESSA Tier II requirements for evidence.
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Try our state-specific test prep formatives

Texas STAAR Assessment
Grades 3-12
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Alabama ACAP
Grades 2-8
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California CAASPP
Grades 3-11
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Georgia Milestones Assessment System
Grades 6-12
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Kentucky KSA
Grades 3-11
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Missouri MAP
Grades 2-12
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What do teachers love about Balanced Assessment by Formative?

Balanced Assessment by Formative really helps me to work backwards in designing the curriculum. I know what the goal is, I can see where students are at on standards achievement, so I know exactly what I need to teach to fill the gaps. I do feel like our teachers have shared more resources with each other because we know where we need help, and we can brainstorm the best activity to address that area.

Brenda

3rd Grade Teacher
When I started looking into all the data tracking possibilities and all the question options, I realized how beneficial this was going to be for me as a math teacher. I cannot explain how much time I have now that I am not spending hours creating my own data reports and grading assessments.

Anonymous

TEACHER
In talking with our schools, a lot will credit common assessments and the data they had at their fingertips—thanks to Balanced Assessment by Formative—in their success. Throughout the entire common assessment process, Formative has been a huge strategy in increasing overall student achievement.

Katie

Assistant Director of Elementary 

Download the test prep toolkit

Check out our read-to-go activities, tips, and resources across subject areas to prep for testing this year. We’ve included previously used released questions for state tests, including ACAP, CAASPP, Georgia K-12, Illinois State Tests, KSA, Missouri MAP, CBT/Regents, NYSTP, PSSA, STAAR, and more!
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Formative and how does it work?

Formative is an AI-powered instructional and assessment platform. It lets educators create interactive lessons, assign real-time assessments, and see student progress instantly.

When students respond on their devices, teachers can give feedback, adjust instruction, and track mastery all in one place. 

Formative supports multimedia content, dozens of question types, and standards alignment to make learning more engaging and data-driven.

What features make Formative different from other assessment platforms?

Formative offers instant student-response monitoring, Luna AI-enabled creation tools, standards tagging, auto-grading for many question types, media embedding, and real-time teacher feedback.

Its analytics provide immediate insights that help teachers intervene early, differentiate instruction, and make data-driven decisions. Formative is the only platform that integrates instruction and assessment in the same workflow.

Take a look at everything Formative has to offer over on our plans page!

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