Teachers can use a variety of formative assessment strategies, such as student check-ins and daily exit tickets to strive for the “just-right” challenge for each student and ensure that homework can be done without help from parents or tutors - especially because not all students have the resources to get outside help.

Will all students be able to do the task independently? It is challenging to design homework assignments that meet every child’s academic and developmental needs, but students are more likely to disengage when an assignment feels either too hard or too easy.

Teachers can also allow students to stop when they believe they understand the concept. Educators can increase engagement by clarifying the purpose of the work and allowing students to choose which problems to do or which topics to research.

Do students understand the purpose and value of the assignment? When students perceive homework as busy work, meaningless, or of little value to the teacher, they are less likely to complete it and may become less interested in learning and in school in general.

Students should have homework