A Specific Example To make this point clearer, we will use an extended example from a capstone writing class taught by one of us, Nik Janos. Sociology 441: Public Sociology is listed as a Graduation ...

To the Editor: I appreciate Laurie Fendrich’s ability to get through a tirade about assessment without using the words “fascist,” “jackboots,” or “Orwellian” (“A Pedagogical ...

Assessment for learning is all about providing students and teachers the information they need to best chart the course to that learning destination.

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 ...

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 ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...

A successful performance-assessment system requires these five non-negotiable qualities.

These are also sometimes called achievement tests. Examples are the SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, etc. Summative assessment: Information about student learning at the end of a course to judge ...

The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...

Q&A: Toward Better Assessments in Online Courses Online learning offers instructors an opportunity to rethink their approach to assessment. A new book hopes to spur that conversation.

Adding activities and assessments to enhance your students' learning experiences in UB Learns. The following section provides guides on how to build activities and assessments into your UB Learns ...

By learning to objectively separate their roles as teachers and assessors and making ‘evidence of learning’ the focus of assessments, teachers can use assessment data to mobilize an ...