In higher education circles, there is something of a feeding frenzy surrounding the issue of assessment. The federal government, due to release a proposed rating system later this fall, wants ...

There is another way in which assessments can contribute to the development of effective schools, one that has been largely ignored. The evolution of assessment in this country over the past five ...

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 ...

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

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) provides quality education by offering students the opportunity to acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes/values through all aspects of ...

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 ...

Credit for Prior Learning is one mechanism for addressing disparity in access to higher education. Students who utilize CPL are: 12 CPL credits can accelerate degree completion by 9 months for an ...

Districts should invest in ongoing, practical training that helps teachers understand both new technology and how formative ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has broken higher education assessment. This has implications from the classroom to institutional accreditation. We are advocating for a one-year pause on ...