Helping students progress towards their educational goals involves communicating how far they have come and how far they have yet to go. This is the role of assessment. Designing meaningful assessment ...

As the summer winds down, many faculty members, who just a short time ago listened to inspiring speeches during commencement season, have changed their focus to assessment. The switch can be ...

OUR national educational policies have not paid much attention to improving students’ assessment, which has become a major hurdle to students’ learning. The prevailing traditional assessment in its ...

Artificial Intelligence has rapidly reshaped the educational landscape. Across districts and campuses, conversations are unfolding about how, and whether to integrate AI into teaching and learning.

Back in March, Inside Higher Ed published a brief news story about two nursing professors at Widener University who were caught on a video that went viral, revealing that to each other they had said ...

Peer feedback and self-assessment build habits that extend into professional life. They teach students to ask questions such ...

Academic test results can sound pretty wonky, but it provides educators and policymakers with important information about students’ progress towards gaining the skills they will need for college and ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

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 ...

A comprehensive approach to testing and gathering critical student data next year can support all students. A 10th grade student at Banning High School in Wilmington, California, contemplates an ...

Effective assessment is a cornerstone of teaching and learning, providing educators with valuable insights into student progress, understanding, and achievement. Whether you're teaching a large ...