Hamed Abbasi Kasani - Ph.D. Student in Information Technology in Higher Education, Department of Higher Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Gholamreza Shams Mourkani - Department of Leadership & Development of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Farhad Seraji - Department of Educational science, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
Morteza Rezaeizadeh - Department of Higher Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

Objective: The purpose of this research is to survey the importance of Formative Assessment in Electronic-learning. Methods: The present study is a qualitative research which is carried out with respect to the principles of qualitative paradigm. The method of data collection is the study of documents and the search for scientific information from written and digital sources. Findings: After reviewing and analyzing available scientific evidence, five reasons for the importance of Formative Assessment in e-learning have been identified: 1. Assessment as an integral part of any educational system; 2. Limitations of Summative Assessment in e-learning; 3. Helping learners; 4. Helping educators; 5. Helping e-learning institutions and centers. Conclusions: Assessment is the Complementary ring of Teaching and Learning process. In e-learning, as a new way in the educational systems, Assessment also plays a key role. Therefore, an assessment should be made for learning (Formative Assessment) and it should always be of interest to the appraisers of assessment.

Assessment, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment, Learning, E-Learning