This chapter focuses on connecting instruction, assessment, and learning. It features some of the ways you can use formative assessment to support conceptual understanding in science so that teachers can make better instructional decisions that support conceptual understanding, while at the same time, promoting learning. The chapter presents ten suggestions for ways you can use formative assessment to support conceptual understanding in science. Reflection questions are provided at the end of the chapter, as well as suggestions for available NSTA resources. Teacher background information, standards, and assessments are included. This book selection also includes the Table of Contents, Preface, About the Authors, Introduction, References, and Index.