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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Lots of challenges have arisen in remote teaching and learning during COVID-19, and cheating on tests has been one of them. Guest blogger Tom Guskey explains how to prevent that from happening.

Authentic assessment takes many different formats, but one characteristic is that it usually has an audience beyond the marker and an imagined purpose beyond completing an assessment ‘just for the ...

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 ...

While teachers might value the purpose of assessments, the process in its current form cuts into valuable instruction time. Superintendents, meanwhile, prioritize professional development and data ...

On the one hand, we tell students to value learning for learning’s sake; on the other, we tell students they’d better know this or that, or they’d better take notes, or they’d better read ...

Certification exams and learning or course assessments in IT have been around for many years. Each serves a very specific purpose, but with the proliferation of digital credentials, the line ...