Learning assessments often require less investment to develop because they're based on the content shared during trainings or courses. They're also easier to design when tied closely to courseware.

An Initial Placement Assessment Comprised of up to 30 questions with a two-hour time allotment. (It generally takes 60-90 minutes to complete.) The Prep and Learning Module - an individualized, ...

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 ...

Assessment of student learning is the systematic and cyclical process through which faculty members, department chairs, and program directors articulate learning outcomes for their courses and ...

Formative Assessments: A Key to Continuous Learning Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate ...

Brief Overview The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and ...

In assessment for learning, multilingual learners interact with their teachers in English or their shared language (s) to: co-construct criteria for success and types of acceptable evidence for ...

Designing Formative Assessments When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired ...

Formative assessments are about learning, not about grading. By comparison, summative assessments evaluate what a student has learned over a longer period of time.

To the Editor: I appreciate Laurie Fendrich’s ability to get through a tirade about assessment without using the words “fascist,” “jackboots,” or “Orwellian” (“A Pedagogical ...

Positive learning behaviors such as persistence, motivation, and curiosity can all be further developed through game-based activities and assessments. Games also have the ability to create ...

Online assessment, assuming the teacher’s firm grasp of good online teaching techniques, should not be difficult at all; online media offer so many opportunities to create interactive, authentic ...