Assessments in education measure student achievement. These may take the form traditional assessments such as exams, or quizzes, but may also be part of learning activities such as group projects or ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. In this recent edWebinar, Vernice Y.

Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

This post is by Ann Jaquith, associate director of the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE). Most educators recognize that standardized tests are insufficient for knowing how to ...

Educational assessment seeks to determine how well students are learning and is an integral part of the quest for improved education. It provides feedback to students, educators, parents, policy ...

Jason Lodge works for the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the Science of Learning Research Centre (SLRC) at the University of Melbourne. The SLRC is funded through a Special Research ...

As the pandemic impacts standardized assessments and leads to a rise of remote proctors for students taking off-site exams, many have started to question if assessment and grading protocols need to be ...

Science education is facing dramatic change. The new A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (hereafter, referred to as “the framework”) and the Next ...

For many people, innovation equals technology. It comes as no surprise, then, that changes in how we conduct assessments have largely focused on transitioning high-stakes testing to a digital format.