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 ...

Both kinds of assessment are important, but one has been ignored in our attempts to improve schools. Now we need a national, state, and local investment in assessment for learning.

Six or seven years ago, when we were formalizing our approach to “Assessment for Learning” at the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE), we called it Quality Performance Assessment (QPA), meaning ...

Assessment of student learning is the systematic process through which faculty members articulate learning goals for their students, measure students' progress, and use this information to improve ...

Assessment of student learning falls into two broad categories: formative assessment (forward-looking, process-focused assessment designed to track progress and identify areas in need of improvement) ...

Home Initiatives Assessment of Student Learning Assessment of Student Learning In alignment with Northwestern’s commitment to excellent teaching and the personal and intellectual growth of our ...

I appreciate Laurie Fendrich’s ability to get through a tirade about assessment without using the words “fascist,” “jackboots,” or “Orwellian” (“A Pedagogical Straitjacket,” The Chronicle Review, June ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...

MARIA A. VLACHOU, Does Assessment for Learning Work to Promote Student Learning? The England Paradigm, The Clearing House, Vol. 88, No. 3 (May–June 2015), pp. 101-107 ...

Assessment Resources and Rubrics for Experiential Learning Pre and post assessments are integral part of the experiential learning journey. They empower students to develop ownership of their own ...

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 ...

Student learning outcomes (SLO) are the key component of an assessment plan. These are concise statements that indicate the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students in a program are expected to ...