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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Assessment for Learning Project, for example, is working to examine and understand the role of assessment in new approaches to teaching and learning. High-Quality Systems of Assessments ...

This post is by Justin Wells, Executive Director of Envision Learning Partners. Portfolio assessment has been around for a long time, and the practice appears to be growing. It’s easy to see why ...

Assessment Plan Examples - Other Institutions Guidance for writing assessment plans and assessment plan templates - From the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this assessment website offers resources ...

FLEXspace, the Flexible Learning Environments eXchange, has changed over time, starting out in 2013 as a great place to showcase and exemplify learning spaces, then rapidly growing to include a ...

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 ...

Self-assessments empower students to reflect on their own progress and identify gaps in understanding. Examples: Exam-wrappers, reflective writing, student-designed quizzes, or self-graded quizzes ...