Over recent years, advocates of games in classroom settings have argued that games have great features for assessing student learning. Games present students with a series of challenges, and they can ...

Next year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Common Core State Standards; the Next Generation Science Standards have been around nearly as long. The majority of states have officially adopted one or ...

College instructors often provide students with only summative evaluations of their work, typically in the form of exam scores or paper grades. Formative evaluation, such as classroom assessment ...

Every new school year breathes new life into my professional career. After a summer of relaxation and self-directed professional development (which is the most important type of PD), I’m ready to ...

MACOMB, IL — Western Illinois University will present Keep Stats, Not Grades: A Positive Revolution in Classroom Assessment, an innovative presentation by David R. Getz, music conductor, personal ...

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day! Of course, standards don ...

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

All seven candidates said they prefer some type of classroom-level measure to gauge how well students are doing. Incumbents Donna Brightman, Wayne Ridenour and Melissa Williams prefer formative ...

(TNS) — Many assumed — rightly or wrongly — that the common-core era would bring a windfall for companies in the state testing business. But one of the biggest shifts in the landscape so far has been ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s public school fourth graders have made notable progress in the classroom according to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress. The report showed that ...