Imagine a classroom where data isn’t just a report card, but a map leading students to their full potential. That’s the kind of learning experience we envision at ANet, alongside educators. What if ...
For assessments to be used effectively in schools, it’s important for districts and schools to consider what assessments are intended for and how the data gained from the assessments will be applied ...
As fall arrives, students are returning to school, we hope, with a renewed enthusiasm for learning. As teachers prepare for ...
The prevailing traditional assessment in its summative form is administered to large groups of students to broadly assess ...
Teachers usually can’t use standardized tests to accelerate students’ learning. The tests are often too general and the results too slow in coming to help teachers make daily instructional decisions.
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 ...
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has broken higher education assessment. This has implications from the classroom to institutional accreditation. We are advocating for a one-year pause on ...
As the pandemic impacts standardized assessments and leads to a rise of remote proctors for students taking off-site exams, many have started to question if assessment and grading protocols need to be ...
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 ...
In an excellent column, Ray Schroeder, senior fellow for the Association of Leaders in Online and Professional Education, laments the tendency for many instructors to rely on text-specific test banks ...
8 questions for educators as they use assessments to support student learning Chase Nordengren, PhD, Principal Research Lead for Effective Instructional Strategies, NWEA September 13, 2022 Targeted ...