Q&A: Toward Better Assessments in Online Courses Online learning offers instructors an opportunity to rethink their approach to assessment. A new book hopes to spur that conversation.

The objective of every assessment should be to support student learning. The more you know your assessment tools, triangulate data between assessments, and provide students with the support they need ...

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 ...

Interactive orals shift testing from memorisation to meaningful dialogue, reducing anxiety and building confidence in diverse ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...

Formative Assessments: A Key to Continuous Learning Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate ...

The University of North Georgia offers an Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces Placement, Preparation and Learning (ALEKS PPL) Assessment to determine readiness for mathematics courses. ALEKS ...

Recognizing the difficulties of administering tests during remote learning, teachers are adopting new assessment strategies.

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 ...

A California school engages students in internships that deepen their learning and assesses their competencies in ways that promote equity.