Layal Hakim explains when and how to implement different types of assessment throughout a course in order to support learning When it comes to assessing students, the fundamental question lies not ...

Summative assessments evaluate learning at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period. While typically used to gauge final outcomes, these assessments can also serve formative purposes, ...

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 ...

Practical advice on assessing students’ skills and application of learning in real-world contexts To embed the skills students will need to thrive beyond their studies, lecturers need to assess how ...

When designing assessments for the online environment, you need to consider how it is different from the face-to-face environment, both the limitations and the advantages. For example, online students ...

This post is by Lexi Barrett, senior director of national education policy at Jobs for the Future. Are today’s students terribly over-tested, as many educators and observers argue--or, is it actually ...

Assessment is not a monolithic concept. This is not an article about the Beatles, but it is about something that for 40 years has had educators swooning and screaming, and school critics dancing in ...

Traditional definitions - and perceptions - of 'learning' often focus on the narrow notion of 'gaining of knowledge and skills'; that is acquiring specific facts, honing particular actions, and being ...