If there's a domain where college faculty could most stand to learn from K-12 educators, it is assessment. Too often, assessment is treated in postsecondary education as synonymous with grading: as a ...

Teachers can include students in the process of designing a tool to measure their understanding of content—an additional learning opportunity.

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is “performance assessment” and how and why should I use it with students? Assessment is an obvious key part of our work as educators. There are many different ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Frameworks and the Assessment Development Process: Providing More Informative Portrayals of Student Performance." National Research Council. 1999. Grading the Nation's Report ...

Follow the recommended actions, gain insights from the tips and learn from the examples in each of the five steps outlined below to design an authentic assessment for your context. Determine if ...