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 ...

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. In this recent edWebinar, Vernice Y.

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 ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...

Further, activities, assignments and separate assessments can all serve a variety of these purposes. For example, a group research project may proceed by stages in which students are given feedback ...

Seven AI-Based Written and Essay-Type Assessment Pilot Research Groups Selected Pilot Application, Verification, and Improvement of the AI-Based Written and Essay-Type Assessment System The Gyeonggi ...

This post is by Adriana Martinez, the Innovation Program Manager at CCSSO. For years, states have taken the lead in exploring how to create better ways to assess students. In 2016, New Hampshire ...

Commentary: Written outputs challenge students to research a topic, explore and articulate arguments and demonstrate their ability to scope tasks, assimilate knowledge and develop conclusions and ...

Education faces a lot of criticism, some with good cause. The U.S. ranks low in reading and math compared with other developed nations. A recent trend to combat our shortcomings is to “assess” ...

The effectiveness of closed-book exams is contingent on the kinds of questions asked and the teaching and problem sheets which precede the exam to ensure that it is not focused on memorisation. To ...

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 ...