In a climate where there continues to be a movement among parents and educators to opt out of standardized tests, ‘assessment’ has become a dirty word. However, assessment in itself isn’t to blame.

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

The NJSLA and NJGPA K-12 state tests will become adaptive this year, meaning tests will "adapt" to each student based on ...

One of the glaring disadvantages of relying on traditional testing as a method of assessment is that it promotes “teaching to the test”. Assessment experts, therefore, are of the view that tests ...

Corrected: The headquarters location of Hanover Research was misstated in an earlier version of this Commentary. The firm is located in Washington. A high level of scrutiny and uncertainty surrounds ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Ask the many assessment haters in higher education who is most to blame for what they perceive as the fixation on trying to measure student learning outcomes, and they are ...

Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender bias, and educational practice Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, ...

Mohali: Determined to break decades-old culture of rote memorisation, the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), led by ...