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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An assessment expert explains how the technique helps teachers find and address the holes in student learning.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adding activities and assessments to enhance your students' learning experiences in UB Learns. The following section provides guides on how to build activities and assessments into your UB Learns ...

The latest is Schoolishness: Alienated Education and the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning (Cornell University Press, 2024). Catherine Wehlburg is president of Athens State University and president ...

Assessment of each student’s skills and progress is vital, so teachers have the data to know where each student is, in terms of learning. With assessment in place, teachers can tailor their ...

The Clearing House, Vol. 88, No. 3 (May–June 2015), pp. 101-107 (7 pages) Assessment for Learning (AfL) has influenced the assessment policy of many countries around the world because a range of ...