Sometimes we can’t use an assessment for its intended purpose because other elements of a teaching and learning strategy get in the way. For example, a teacher focused on a strict scope and sequence ...

We hardly need more data—schools are awash with data. Instead, we need better interpretations of these data. When we built the New Zealand school assessment system 15 years ago, we started by ...

It’s easy to test but hard to teach. The next chapter in Texas education policy must start with a bold but simple shift.

Teacher involvement in the design, use, and scoring of performance assessments has the potential to powerfully link instruction, assessment, student learning, and teacher professional development.

Link to Resource: Examining the Dual Purpose Use of Student Learning Objectives for Classroom Assessment and Teacher Evaluation Authors: Derek C. Briggs, Rajendra Chattergoon, and Amy Burkhardt ...

To the Editor: I appreciate Laurie Fendrich’s ability to get through a tirade about assessment without using the words “fascist,” “jackboots,” or “Orwellian” (“A Pedagogical ...

Assessment provides the information that we need to target skills necessary for reaching our goals (Storybox Photography 2018.)What do we assess? While there is a clear need for students to learn ...

Things to Consider for Using Authentic Assessments. The first step in developing your authentic assessment is to identify your goals or learning objectives. You need to think about the purpose of the ...

In online learning, assessment plays a key role in moving from low-end elearning to high-end elearning (Duus, 2009). ... Once we understand what we believe in as far as what our purpose as teachers is ...

The Prep and Learning Module - an individualized, self-paced online review Allows students to refresh their knowledge on forgotten topics to prepare for the assessment; With 12 months' access to the ...

A new book by two education professors explores why assessment became so fraught and what we can do to restore its original purpose: helping students learn. In their new book, Off the Mark: How Grades ...