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, ...

An assessment flowchart can help guide educators through the delicate balance of whether or not to allow GenAI in their ...

Communications Learning Assessment (CLA) supports formative assessment in medical education by providing a structured ...

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 ...

These versatile strategies—from brain dumps to speed sharing—help students track their own progress while informing your next instructional steps.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2024, CU Boulder identified the need for an intensive cross-campus focus on creating and assessing program learning outcomes to support student success, guide academic planning and meet the ...

New research shows learning erosion is real—but evidence-anchored design, governance, and assessment can turn AI into an ...

The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...