This post is by Justin Wells, Executive Director of Envision Learning Partners. Portfolio assessment has been around for a long time, and the practice appears to be growing. It’s easy to see why. A ...

FLEXspace, the Flexible Learning Environments eXchange, has changed over time, starting out in 2013 as a great place to showcase and exemplify learning spaces, then rapidly growing to include a ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...

Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big ...

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

Teachers need more support to move testing from a “necessary evil” to a classroom tool, experts say. While summative assessments—like unit quizzes or annual state tests—are used for evaluation and ...

Once you’ve decided what types of assessments will best allow your students to demonstrate their learning and meet the course’s learning outcomes, the next step is to create a plan that considers the ...

Graduate programs also need to develop student learning objectives. Although the process for developing learning objectives for graduate programs is similar to undergraduate programs, there are some ...

Does anyone really know the definition of a "good" assessment? Does such a thing even exist? The second question has no clear answer (which means it's not likely to show up on an assessment any time ...

Summative assessments evaluate learning at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period. While typically used to gauge final outcomes, these assessments can also serve formative purposes, ...

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 ...