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 ...

Researchers and education entrepreneurs launched a project Wednesday that aims to create a new breed of assessments that will offer teachers a window into young students’ emerging identities and build ...

Mike Nesterak is the senior director of the Northwest Evaluation Association’s Product Innovation Center. He has more than 30 years of experience in the educational assessment industry and has been ...

Schools are expecting students to do more problem solving, in response to Common Core assessments. Businesses complain graduates are not creative. In response, schools have students engage in ...

Student peer assessments provide opportunities for classmates to give and receive meaningful feedback, building valuable skills for both reviewers and recipients. Reviewers develop the ability to ...

Academic test results can sound pretty wonky, but it provides educators and policymakers with important information about students’ progress towards gaining the skills they will need for college and ...

I appreciate Laurie Fendrich’s ability to get through a tirade about assessment without using the words “fascist,” “jackboots,” or “Orwellian” (“A Pedagogical Straitjacket,” The Chronicle Review, June ...

State assessments are often used to determine how well schools are preparing and teaching their students, though some critics say they perpetuate educational inequities. However, the proficiency rate ...

The share of students proficient in math, English, and science is up for the first time since the pandemic - but passing ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) - The Oregon Department of Education released Thursday the 2024-25 Oregon Statewide Assessment System scores, saying the numbers showed "some areas of progress in student ...

The assessment is open to third- and final-year engineering students, recent graduates, final-year diploma students and ...

Although this year saw small gains in English, math and science proficiency statewide, most Oregon students didn't perform ...