Formative

Learn how to get started with your new Formative account

Formative Quick Start Guide

Level up your Formative and Newsela credentials!

Become a Certified Educator!

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Rebecca Worden

Kylie Cavanaugh

Learn how to set up and manage your Formative account and get answers to payments and billing questions

Formative Account Management

Create a Free Teacher Account

Create a Free Student Account

Free and Paid Teacher plan Users: How to add teams

Creating Accounts

Information about SSO and troubleshooting when logging in

How to login to Formative

Teachers can use this checklist to set up their Formative account for the new school year.

Back to School Checklist for Teachers

Learn how to check your login sessions for security threats

Viewing Login Sessions

Delete an account if you incorrectly signed up as a teacher or student. Restore an account that was accidentally deleted.

Deleting or Restoring Accounts

Leaving or switching schools? Want to take your Formatives with you? Here are some options for changing your email address!

How To Change Your Email Address

Teachers can use this checklist to close out this school year and set up next school year.

End of Year Checklist for Teachers

Managing Accounts

Select which notifications to receive from Formative

Notifications - Enable or Disable

Test upcoming features before they are released!

Early Access and Beta Features

Enable the quick math block button on your answer choices!

Formative Editor Options - Math Block Button

Teachers and Students can define Formative language regardless of browser language

Formative Language Settings

Change the score thresholds that you and your students will see in Formative

Adjust Score Thresholds (Paid Teacher/School & District License Feature)

Teachers can add their school information to their accounts

How to add or change the school your account is associated with

Keep track of what you've done, formatives you've assigned or deleted, and more!

View Teacher Activity

Formative Profile Image

Teachers can add standards to tag and track

How to set default standards

How to set default Assign settings (Paid Teacher / School & District Feature)

Achievements and Challenges

Craig Jones

Account Settings

Side-by-Side feature comparison across our Bronze, Silver and Gold plans!

What Formative Plan Is Best For Me?

Refer friends and colleagues to Formative and get access to our extended features set free of charge!

Formative Referral Program

Find out all the benefits of upgrading to the Paid Teacher plan

Upgrading to Formative's Paid Teacher Plan

For individual educators on the Paid Teacher plan who have not moved to a School & District license yet

How to Cancel or Pause an Individual Subscription

What to Expect When You Downgrade to a Free Teacher Plan

Tips on how to troubleshoot failed wire transfers

Wire Transfers- Information and Tips for Troubleshooting

Looking to print a receipt for your Paid Teacher subscription payment? Here is how you can get it

How to Get a Receipt (Paid Teacher plan)

Alternative Ways To Fund Formative

Upgrading from Free/Paid Teacher plan to a School & District license grants access to collaboration features and additional Formative tools!

All School & District License Features Explained

Subscriptions, Payments & Billing

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