This post is by Adriana Martinez, the Innovation Program Manager at CCSSO. For years, states have taken the lead in exploring how to create better ways to assess students. In 2016, New Hampshire ...

When it comes to evaluating students’ learning, teachers have a wide range of activities and methods at their disposal, although they must be sure to select the type of assessment that fits best with ...

Summative assessment refers to the assessment or evaluation of students’ learning, skill acquisition, and academic achievement at the conclusion of a specific instructional period. It is generally ...

The British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 41, No. 2 (MARCH 2011), pp. 276-295 (20 pages) The assessment and feedback practices in social work qualifying courses have to include academic rigour and ...

This post is by Elizabeth Leisy Stosich, Research and Policy Fellow at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE). There is widespread agreement that test-based accountability ...

There are countless ways to assess students. Speaking broadly, two key assessment categories are “summative” and “formative”. Summative assessment, often the most popular one, aims to measure how much ...

Please find guidance here about how to move to face-to-face and hard copy assessment online. With thanks to Sally Brown and Kay Sambell. Set coursework-type assessment i.e. assessment that can be ...

Integrated assessment is assessment which is designed holistically across a degree programme rather than unit by unit, with a recognition of students’ stage of experience as a key design element.