Teaching is an uphill battle that grows harder and more exacting as the years roll by. Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands ...

Teachers usually can’t use standardized tests to accelerate students’ learning. The tests are often too general and the results too slow in coming to help teachers make daily instructional decisions.

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

As the pandemic impacts standardized assessments and leads to a rise of remote proctors for students taking off-site exams, many have started to question if assessment and grading protocols need to be ...

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 Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Editor’s note: ...

Assessments in education measure student achievement. These may take the form traditional assessments such as exams, or quizzes, but may also be part of learning activities such as group projects or ...

Teachers deserve AI tools that know the difference between a worksheet and a learning experience; Designing assessments that assume AI is present; AI didn’t break ho ...

Learning requires building new skills and understanding on prior knowledge and abilities. The order and way students experience new information will have a large impact on how successful they are at ...

Ensuring assessment or monitoring activities remain useful and effective over time involves reviewing and adjusting the approach based on lessons from the implementation and the use of the information ...

This article is part of the collection: The Data Workout: How It’s Impacting Teaching and Learning. Mention big data in a grade level or team meeting of teachers, and you’ll often hear a cacophony of ...