Last fall, my test scores were nothing short of abysmal. These low scores have forced me to reconsider what benefit, if any, one gains from the test-taking culture’s prevalence in academia. Too often, ...

Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pressures from parents, administrators, communities, and policymakers keep the education profession in a state of flux. It has been said that the only constant in teaching is change. Fortunately, the ...

EdTech uses cutting-edge technology to improve education by customizing learning experiences to student needs, facilitating ...