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 ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

Aspiring teachers are unfamiliar with basic principles of learning science and should learn how to connect those principles to practice, according to a new report from Deans for Impact. Last fall, ...

It wasn’t long ago that standardized tests were ascendant in higher education. Feeling pressure from federal policy makers and the public to demonstrate rigor in their courses, colleges turned to the ...

Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

Assessment has always been an important part of learning but lately, we’ve grown to rely on quizzes and tests that are artificial, expensive, single-purpose, uninformative, and inequitable. Our ...

Built on the constructs of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Culturally Responsive Assessment argues for an intentional focus on conducting assessment in ways that recognize and support the needs of our ...