Get Started With Formative

Welcome to your Formative subscription! Unlock student motivation and promote data-driven instruction with various engaging activities, standards-aligned assessments, and collaboration tools to give you the insights you need into student progress and performance.

Get Started Checklist

Follow these steps to log in to your account, create activities, and assign or present engaging learning experiences to your students.

Log in

Your admin should share the correct login integration you should use to access your Formative account. If they haven’t yet, message them to find out!

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Create or select activities

With your subscription, you can access unlimited activity creation- including lessons and formative assessments and collaboration tools and resources with just a few clicks.

Get started with exit tickets, bell ringers, or a get to know your students activity!

Share activities

Once you’ve created or selected the perfect activity, assign or present it to your class.

Gather real-time responses and give feedback

View student assessment and activity responses in real time, and provide in-the-moment guidance to shorten the feedback loop and help students get pointers when they need them the most—immediately.

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Now’s it’s time to dive in! Log into your Formative account to start engaging students and collecting real-time data.

Get To Know Your Subscription

It’s time to jump in and see all the great things you can do with your Formative subscription! Walk through the product, discover the features available with each subscription, and get guidance on implementing regular Formative use and adoption in your classroom.

Stay In Touch With Formative

Throughout the year, our team will keep in touch with you to share information, events, and resources you can use to make your school or district’s Formative experience even better. Here’s what you can expect from us:

Monthly Communications

Throughout the month, we’ll update you with the latest on our products and share engaging resources you can use in the classroom to boost engagement and foster a love of learning.

Teacher Newsletter

Get handy resources, reading recommendations, and more delivered to your inbox each month.

Weekly Formative Feed

Receive a curated Sunday email full of easy-to-share activities, Formative tips, and info you need to make lesson planning and assessment a breeze.

Monthly Content Calendar

Find an activity for every weekday of the month with our curated content and activity calendars.

View calendars →

Event Invitations

Join us for virtual and IRL events that cover top education and Formative-specific topics.

Browse events →

24/7 Resources

We have a collection of always-available resources to help you brush up on new education topics, get answers to your Formative questions, and guide your teachers to get the most out of their subscription.

Learn From Other Educators

How are educators like you using Formative to increase student achievement and promote data-driven instruction? See what they have to say:

“I initially started using [Formative] for real-time assessment and data collection, but I quickly noticed that students were becoming more invested in their learning. Seeing their progress in real time motivated them to try harder, and the immediate feedback helped them take ownership of their work.”

Jessica

3rd grade teacher

“Formative allows me to collaborate with other teachers not only within my PLC, but also across the district. I’ve been collaborating on some lessons with a teacher from another school. Not only does this increase the value of my curriculum, but it lessens my workload.”

Erin

8th Grade Math Teacher

“I am now able to add student accommodations as students join my roster, which makes it super convenient for when I am giving a test or a quiz on Formative. Their accommodations are already taken into account. I also like using the audio feature to record myself reading questions for my students who use oral administration.”

Andrea

10th Grade Science Teacher

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Get Started With Formative

Get started with your Formative subscription to inspire teachers, unlock student motivation, and promote data-driven instruction.

Get started checklist

Follow these steps to set up your Formative accounts, get teachers into the platform, and promote adoption and use.

Log in and select rostering options

Confirm with your IT team how you and your teachers should log into Formative. If you’ve worked with our Onboarding team, you’re likely already set up and ready to log in.

Login options include:

  • Username and password
  • Google
  • Clever
  • Microsoft
  • Newsela
  • Magic link

Formative offers multiple ways to bulk roster your classes, and you can contact our Support Team for help with this step.

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Review your organization’s details

After logging in to Formative, review your school, district, and department teams to make sure everyone is included and has access to your subscription. You can also review and configure your team’s integrations to allow Formative and your LMS to talk to each other.

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Email teachers to get started

Share the good news with your teachers: They can access a Formative School & District or Balanced Assessment Suite subscription!

Email your teachers to share the correct integrated login method for their accounts. Reinforce these emails by communicating the information in person at your in-service meetings.

Promote collaboration

Promote schoolwide and districtwide assessment and lesson collaboration. You can set up a private library for your organization so colleagues can collaborate on activities and assessments. You can also create common assessments to share for more consistent data tracking across your organization.

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Monitor adoption and use

Monitor teacher and student usage and progress in the Admin Tab.

You can get details on common assessment performance, view teacher activity across your organization, and look in-depth at students’ standards progress over time.

Learn more →

Get to know your subscription

It’s time to jump in and see all the great things you can do with your Formative subscription! Walk through the product, discover the features available with each subscription, and get guidance on implementing regular Formative use and adoption at your school or district.

Stay In Touch With Formative

Throughout the year, our team will keep in touch with you to share information, events, and resources you can use to make your school or district’s Formative experience even better. Here’s what you can expect from us:

Monthly Communications

Throughout the month, we’ll update you with the latest on our products and share engaging resources you can use in the classroom to boost engagement and foster a love of learning.

24/7 Resources

We have a collection of always-available resources to help you brush up on new education topics, get answers to your Formative questions, and guide your teachers to get the most out of their subscription.