For decades, formative assessment has been a silent engine for learning—powering insights about student progress and worker ...

Six or seven years ago, when we were formalizing our approach to “Assessment for Learning” at the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE), we called it Quality Performance Assessment (QPA), meaning ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

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 ...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--“Assessment at University of Phoenix: An Illustrated Guide,” has been published by University of Phoenix Assessment and Institutional Research leadership Dean of Academic ...

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 ...

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

While the concerns around AI in higher education were once focused on how it might lead to academic misconduct, the attention is shifting to how AI can support the process of learning. “We’ve seen a ...

Credit for Prior Learning is one mechanism for addressing disparity in access to higher education. Students who utilize CPL are: 12 CPL credits can accelerate degree completion by 9 months for an ...

Assessments in education measure student achievement. These may take the form traditional assessments such as exams, or quizzes, but may also be part of learning activities such as group projects or ...