There is a heated debate right now around AI and assessment. This is understandable given that AI’s language and reasoning ...

In today’s new environment of online, remote learning, the need for teachers and school administrators to get immediate feedback on student progress is of paramount importance. This type of feedback, ...

This week’s question is: What are effective formative assessment techniques? As I said in a previous popular Classroom Q & A post, Ways To Include Students In The Formative Assessment Process, ...

The accelerated digitization of today’s classroom impacts every aspect of instruction–from attendance to summative assessment and everything in between. As educators have shifted to the hybrid ...

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 ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this study incorrectly described the 1998 study by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam. It is a literature review. If you ask five teachers what formative assessment is, ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Some parents in the Berkeley County School District are seeking answers after what they say is a lack of communication and transparency when it comes to District ...

A provider of data management and student assessment tools for K-12, Certica, has acquired the Northwest Evaluation Association's (NWEA) Formative Assessment Item Bank line of business. The Item Bank ...

Educators who use student-oriented approaches adapt to different students’ needs, abilities, interests and learning styles. There is now evidence to suggest that educators who supplement or replace ...

Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School, a member of Uncommon Schools, is the only school in New York City where every student in grades 5-8 passes the state exams. In grades 6-8, 75 percent of the ...