With a years-long shift to skills-based instruction and grading, this district found an unexpected outcome—an increase in AP ...

Since AI is here to stay, instructors should consider using new approaches to assessing student knowledge, write Graham Clay and Cambriae W. Lee. They offer ideas for preparing dialogue-based ...

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

Tests are an important tool in educators' arsenal. Photo by Andy Rennle/Flickr CC 2.0 We live in an age of assessment in education. One of my friends -- who happens to be a vice president of a large ...

The consensus study, Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards” (NRC, 2014), provides guidance on developing assessments that are consistent with the NGSS including assessments ...

The debate surrounding the MCAS exam reflects the massive confusion concerning the purposes and methods of educational assessment in general. Massachusetts, like so many other states, has its own ...