Q&A: Toward Better Assessments in Online Courses Online learning offers instructors an opportunity to rethink their approach to assessment. A new book hopes to spur that conversation.

A successful performance-assessment system requires these five non-negotiable qualities.

Teacher involvement in the design, use, and scoring of performance assessments has the potential to powerfully link instruction, assessment, student learning, and teacher professional development.

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 ...

Systems of assessments that include tasks that ask students to apply their knowledge to solve problems can deepen learning.

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 ...

The University of North Georgia offers an Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces Placement, Preparation and Learning (ALEKS PPL) Assessment to determine readiness for mathematics courses. ALEKS ...

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 ...

At accrediting conference, panelists acknowledge that effort to measure learning outcomes has been a "hot mess" and that it's time for a better approach.

Teaching and Learning at Pratt Center for Teaching and Learning The Center for Teaching and Learning fosters a collaborative faculty community that builds on current best pedagogical practices across ...