When we started Envision Schools 13 years ago, we believed then--as we do now--that standardized assessments were necessary but insufficient for determining college and career readiness. It seemed ...

This contributed guest piece is by Dr. Mahnaz R. Charania, former education senior research fellow at the Christensen Institute. It was originally published on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is ...

When we design assessment with transparency, cultural awareness and inclusivity in mind, it becomes a tool for supporting learning rather than measuring it, writes Patrice Seuwou and explains how Many ...

The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) did not just cut the Institute of Education Sciences ...

Letter from the U.S. Department of Education approving flexibility options in California, April 6, 2021 Press release from the California Department of Education regarding California’s testing plan, ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has broken higher education assessment. This has implications from the classroom to institutional accreditation. We are advocating for a one-year pause on ...

Current efforts devalue learning and the responsibility of students for their own success, writes Christopher B. Nelson. In higher education circles, there is something of a feeding frenzy surrounding ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story contained an incorrect job description for Paul Leather. He oversees state and local partnerships for the Center for Innovation and Education. Let’s get ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Airasian, P. W. ( 1991). Classroom assessment. New York: McGraw Hill. American ...

We work collaboratively with course and curriculum directors, deans, staff, and other BCM colleagues to review and improve the quality of existing medical student performance assessments. We also ...