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Hundreds of studies have shown that formative assessments--frequently assessing students and using information from those assessments to shape instruction--has a dramatic affect on learning.  GradeCam is the very best tool for doing just that.  There is no easier, more affordable way to frequently assess students and get information from those assessments than GradeCam.

The research on the benefits of formative assessments is convincing.  For example, after a 10 year review of approximately 250 studies on assessments, British professors Paul Black and Dylan William reported:

Firm evidence shows that formative assessment is an essential component of classroom work and that its development can raise standards of achievement.  Indeed, we know of no other way of raising standards where such a prima-facie (evidence-based) case can be made.

Kathleen P. Fulton, the director for Reinventing Schools for the 21st Century, reviewed ten years worth of brain research and studies in cognition and also identified formative assessments as a key element of a successful learning environment.  She reported: 

Assessment-centered learning environments make learner-centered instruction possible by continually providing feedback on what is being learned--with revisions made as needed. They build on just-in-time, ongoing formative assessments that make thinking visible by showing what is understood and where stumbling blocks occur. They help both students and teachers monitor the learning in progress, so that extra effort or new strategies can be tried before it's too late.

Perhaps a quote from an educator in an article titled "Is More Testing the Answer?" in the May 2007 edition of Technology & Learning magazine says it best:

Testing students once a year, with data reported many months later, is like using an autopsy to determine how to help a patient.