It seems like a blur now, the beginning of the summer. Almost like a dream when I had the opportunity to collaborate with some of the most amazing people for a wonderful project. The three-day writing ...

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

In May 2016, a group of 11 school districts across Virginia came together to build a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) with the aim of transforming assessment throughout Virginia. We have one goal ...

Teaching large classes comes with unique challenges, especially when it comes to effective learning assessments. The best learner-centered approaches can feel daunting in a 200-person class—can you ...

Assessment for student learning opens the door for meaningful engagement into what, how and why learning occurs for all learners; this in turn, informs practice, pedagogy and curricula to better ...

Assignments and the associated grades represent one of the most powerful tools in our teaching repertoire. It takes great care and precision to design assessments, and how we measure and translate ...

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 ...

As educators, we all know the importance of data in decision-making. We understand how limited, skewed, or biased data–or no data at all–can result in faulty decision-making and regressive actions, be ...

Many students struggle to understand and engage with the concepts and practices associated with reflection. This is where directional reflection comes in While there is no generally accepted ...

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

Outcomes assessment is a systematic approach for documenting what students get out of our programs, services, courses and events. The question an outcomes-based assessment attempts to answer is "What ...

Wilkes University's academic major programs and administrative support units regularly assess performance on their goals. For the academic programs, this means assessing student performance in ...