For decades, formative assessment has been a silent engine for learning—powering insights about student progress and worker ...

Gene Wilhoit is focused on the student learning experience: What is learned, how it’s learned, where learning happens, how learning is demonstrated, and how learning is credentialed. The former head ...

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

Traditionally, assessments have often been used as an indicator of what students know, understand, and can do, after the learning has been completed. More recently, educators have implemented ...

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, ...

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 ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

In alignment with Northwestern’s commitment to excellent teaching and the personal and intellectual growth of our students, the University is dedicated to the assessment of student learning outcomes ...

I appreciate Laurie Fendrich’s ability to get through a tirade about assessment without using the words “fascist,” “jackboots,” or “Orwellian” (“A Pedagogical Straitjacket,” The Chronicle Review, June ...

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

Helping students progress towards their educational goals involves communicating how far they have come and how far they have yet to go. This is the role of assessment. Designing meaningful assessment ...