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 ...

Assessments can be stressful in the best of situations--here are some tips for how to make it through all types of testing scenarios.

Performance-based assessments have proven to be effective in assessing three-dimensional learning, although there are other types of 3D assessment as well. In general, these assessments require ...

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 analysis of testing in schools shows what the current debate gets wrong, and how educators and policymakers can create a future where assessments are a more effective part of the teaching and ...

Prior learning assessments measure what a student has learned outside of the college classroom, evaluate whether that learning and then determine the equivalent number of college credits.

A decisive paradigmatic shift is underway in education across the world. New pedagogical breakthroughs and technological advances are cumulatively reshaping the teaching and learning processes ...

This article in the Medical Education series provides a conceptual framework for and a brief update on commonly used and emerging methods of assessment, discusses the strengths and limitations of e ...