When the perspectives for assessment were changed in the current Course of Study, there was a lively debate about whether it ...

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 ...

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Does anyone really know the definition of a "good" assessment? Does such a thing even exist? The second question has no clear answer (which means it's not likely to show up on an assessment any time ...

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 ...

Learn about the different types of assessment and the impact on student learning and motivation. When students and educators hear the word “assessment,” they tend to think of tests, portfolios, final ...

This paper marks the final installment in a series of five reports detailing the work of the Optimizing Assessment for All project at Brookings to strengthen education systems’ capacity to integrate ...

Assessment is evolving to leverage new technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality. And it’s starting to happen right now in classrooms and school buildings in the U.S. and abroad.

Most organizations use some type of performance or test assessment to measure the effectiveness of their learning and development programs, according to a Sept. 12 report from the Association for ...