Has our focus on authentic assessment developed a blind spot? Authentic assessment asks students to use the same set of knowledge, competencies and attitudes they’ll use as graduates, connecting ...

When the dust settled after this year’s legislative session, New York state’s 2015 teacher evaluation law had been effectively dismantled. Now, details are emerging about what that might look like in ...

Designing an educational studies course for international learners meant rethinking assessment, from traditional exams to a more practical, student-informed approach. Here’s what worked All students ...

This is the first part of a two-part story looking at how MIT researchers are developing playful assessments to measure student growth. Read part two to learn about how one school is implementing this ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...

Explore the ins and outs of having students complete real-world assessment tasks. From the guiding principles to how to implement authentic assessments, this page supplies you with what you need to ...

Engaging in authentic assessment as a principle and practice takes time, effort, and intention from both faculty and students. For smaller classes, students might have a semester-long project that ...

Security Officers countercheck exam materials after being opened at the Kibra Deputy County Commissioners Office on February 23, 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard] A mentor once told me that ‘why’ is often ...

If you told me that students as young as first grade can learn to solve complex linear equations—an algebraic concept that generally isn’t taught until the seventh or eighth grade—in as little as 90 ...

When the dust settled after this year’s legislative session, New York state’s 2015 teacher evaluation law had been effectively dismantled. Now, details are emerging about what that might look like in ...