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 ...

For decades, formative assessment has been a silent engine for learning—powering insights about student progress and worker readiness. But let’s be honest, in a world where technology is evolving ...

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 ...

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 ...

This post is by Adriana Martinez, the Innovation Program Manager at CCSSO. For years, states have taken the lead in exploring how to create better ways to assess students. In 2016, New Hampshire ...

Accountability based on state-test results has dominated U.S. policy discussions. But around the globe, educators are beginning to pay more attention to the assessments teachers use in classrooms on a ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Educators can make their instruction more effective and provide practice linked directly to progress monitoring and formative assessment results using a number of free digital tools. Teachers can also ...

The Center for Teaching and Learning fosters a collaborative faculty community that builds on current best pedagogical practices across all disciplines and teaching modalities at Pratt: classroom, ...

Quizzing is a classic method for testing student knowledge and verifying the achievement of learning outcomes and is easy to integrate using WebCampus quizzes. This page discusses a few ways to ...

In recent years, the rise of AI technologies and the increasing pressures placed on students have made academic dishonesty a growing concern. Students, especially in the middle and high school years, ...