Currently, information technology has been increasingly used in teaching. By reviewing the concept of formative assessment and the research status of online formative assessment at home and abroad, this study points out the shortcomings of the application of offline formative assessment in senior high school English writing teaching at the present stage, and puts forward the suggestions on the application of online formative assessment in writing teaching, with a view to expanding the modes of the application of formative assessment in high school English writing teaching and triggering the teachers’ new thinking about the application of online formative assessment.

Xinyu Zhang, Ran Wei. Online Formative Assessment in Senior High School English Writing Teaching in China. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences(2025), Vol. 8, Issue 3: 17-25. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2025.080303.

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