If you’ve ever bought an assessment book (or been tasked to do so), you would understand how daunting it is. There are so many brands, so many shelves, and they don’t even put all the ones for the ...

Last year the younger of my two sons went off to college. As we went through the search process, we looked at university and department websites, checked faculty research interests, looked for ...

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 ...

What is peer assessment and why use it? Peer assessment is a mode of co-evaluation that involves analysis of a student’s work by other students. Using a rubric to guide their assessment of the ...

State schools superintendents have banded together to demand that testmakers—and the two consortia building tests for the common standards—adhere to four principles to create “high-quality assessment.

Good online assessments should be able to provide a comprehensive assessment with proper analysis and insight of the score reports,” said Mettl. “The insights should be clear actionable results ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the way students receive assessment feedback. Elizabeth Ellis explores some of the ways in which AI can help students In higher education, ...

A comprehensive approach to testing and gathering critical student data next year can support all students. A 10th grade student at Banning High School in Wilmington, California, contemplates an ...

Employee assessments and evaluations are a common method for measuring staff performance. An evaluation should be more formal than just a "good job;" good assessments require clear, measurable ...