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In this article, we identify and examine opportunities for formative assessment provided by information technologies (IT) and the challenges which these opportunities present. We address some of these challenges by examining key aspects of assessment processes that can be facilitated by IT: datafication of learning; feedback and scaffolding; peer assessment and peer feedback.

"In October 2015, the Department published The Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 Enhancing Teaching Learning and Assessment, the next stage of the ICT in Schools programme. The Digital Strategy for Schools provides a rationale and a Government action plan for integrating ICT into teaching, learning and assessment practices in schools over five years.  This Strategy builds on previous strategies in the area of ICT integration and is the result of research and extensive consultation with education partners and stakeholders. It supports the overall strategy of the Department in a number of key areas including curriculum implementation, skills development, teacher education and learner outcomes"

"The DigCompEdu Framework has been used as the basis for developing a self-reflection tool for educators, provisionally called "DigCompEdu CheckIn". This tool is currently being pre-tested with small groups of educators in different European Member States. During the test phase, the tool is open for testing to all educators worldwide. All educators are invited and encouraged to provide feedback on their experience with the tool via the corresponding feedback survey."

Given the vast development of technological applications, education cannot ignore the use of technology in preparing students for participation in society. Technology use in education has become both a goal and a tool, implying that teachers need to be able to use technology as an effective tool in their teaching and students need to learn how to use technology appropriately in their day-to-day lives.

The chapters in the 2020 edition of Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education represent some of the finest research from our SITE 2020 Annual Conference. Each paper here has undergone several rounds of rigorous review, and we are pleased to share them with you in this twelfth edition. These chapters, focused on curriculum studies, educator development, and student learning, demonstrating the wide scope of SITE researchers, and showing the international representation that can be found within the SITE community.