The Use of Online Formative Assessments and the Impact on Student Performance

This paper investigates the impact of online formative assessments on student performance in an introductory accounting module. The online formative assessments were introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic. The online formative assessments were objective tests. The impact is considered from two perspectives: students’ perceptions of online formative assessments gathered via an online questionnaire; and an investigation into whether the use of online formative assessments helped to increase students’ performance in the end of semester exam. The study reveals a number of interesting findings. First, the online formative assessments were generally perceived as being useful by the students, and second the study shows a positive relationship between online formative assessments usage and exam performance.