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A timeline shows the formative-assessment effect size sliding from 0.4–0.7 in the original 1998 studies to 0.09 in the 2022 randomized trial, well below Hattie's 0.40 hinge point.
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Effect Sizes in Education Research: What Hattie's Hinge Point and the Formative-Assessment Numbers Actually Show

The claim that formative assessment "doubles the speed of learning" traces to small early studies. Later meta-analyses, statistical critiques of Hattie's hinge point, and a 140-school randomised trial tell a smaller, more instructive story about how effect sizes travel and shrin…

EduFabTech · 15h ago · 8 min read