The document discusses formative assessment practices and challenges at Sishya School in Hosur. It notes the use of formative assessments as prescribed by CBSE, reduced continuous testing, avoiding revision tests, and individualized education programs for challenged students. It also mentions differentiated instruction in some units. However, it outlines constraints like teacher attrition requiring new orientations, large class sizes of 40 diverse students, focus on competency and exams, time-bound syllabus completion, and parental acceptance of differentiation.