The Benefits Of Competency-Based Assessment
Competency-based learning provides students clear feedback about specific competencies and skills gained over time.
20 Ways To Improve A Test, Quiz, Or Other Assessment
From making it adaptive to changing the form, timing, language, or structure of the assessment, here are 20 ways to improve a test.
6 Types Of Assessment Of Learning
Criterion-Referenced Assessment One way to think about it: Measures a student’s performance against a goal, specific objective, or standard.
10 Tips For Creating More Effective Multiple-Choice Questions
Does the item require a passage or graphic? Does it provide all students with the best opportunity to ‘show what they know’?
6 Common Misunderstandings About Assessment
One misunderstanding about assessment of learning? That it’s a one-way communication: the teacher provides feedback and students listen.
Using Small Signs To Encourage Student Participation In A Virtual Classroom
At the most basic level, these could be thumbs up/thumbs sideways/thumbs down. They could also be question marks and exclamation points.
18 Of The Best Formative Assessment Tools For Digital Exit Tickets
18 of the best formative assessment tools for teachers–to glean data, take snapshots of understanding, create digital exit slips, and more.
Shifting Your Assessments To Grow Higher-Level Thinking
Since students typically perform better on low-level thinking items, teachers may believe students understand more deeply than they actually do.
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Rethinking Grading In A 21st Century Project-Based Learning Environment
Rethinking grading in project-based learning can support and encourage students by clarifying complexity and rewarding nuance of understanding.
Assessment Trends In Education: A Shift To Assessment For Learning
Throughout the K-12 learning landscape, assessment practices are changing to embrace assessment for learning, not assessment of learning.
Assessment Trends In Education: A Vision For Assessing Today’s Students
Teachers have moved from the question of “Should I use technology?” to “How can I integrate technology best, enhancing the learning experience without hijacking it?”
Standards-Based Grading Only Solves Half The Problem
If the goal a student has to clear is absurdly low, then the assessment is not rigorous even though it is ‘standards-based’ testing and scoring.
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