Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

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 ...

Assessments have the power to shape educational outcomes, but are we truly measuring what matters? Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority ...

Some school districts, including ones in Maine, New Mexico, Iowa and Oregon, are shifting to standards-based grading, where students are graded on the skills and concepts they learn instead of points ...

AI is rapidly reshaping how educators assess and support students, from automating grading to offering personalized feedback. The shift promises efficiency and consistency but also raises deep ...

What method would you prefer to use for gathering feedback, and what makes it the best choice for your needs? An online form (e.g., Google Forms or Canvas). A quick in-class poll (e.g., Poll ...

In many countries, national exams continue to reward memorisation, shaping what teachers teach and how students learn.

T he worst-case scenario came into focus almost as soon as ChatGPT was released: Students could feed a professor’s prompt into the chatbot, collect its response, turn it in as their own, and get ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jerrid Kruse, Drake University (THE CONVERSATION) Some school districts, including ...