I read with interest the article “Adaptive Testing Gains Momentum, Prompts Worries ” (July 10, 2013). All who publish computer-adaptive assessments should applaud legislative efforts to include ...

Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program. This method of assessment is unique because the courses themselves become the ...

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 ...

In this report the committee has stressed the importance of considering the assessment system as a whole. However, as was discussed in Chapter 2, the success of a system depends heavily on the nature ...

While many themes are woven into the proposed SERP research agenda, assessment of the outcomes of learning and instruction merits special attention. High-quality evidence that permits practitioners, ...

Colleges have come to realize the need to assess and improve student learning and to report their efforts to students, faculty, administrators, and the public; including policy makers and prospective ...

A rubric is an assessment tool that takes the form of a matrix, which describes levels of achievement in a specific area of performance, understanding, or behavior for a learning outcome. Faculty ...

Collecting assessment data allows for the tracking of student learning. Refinement of courses and programs to improve student learning is a crucial part of teaching excellence, program improvement, ...