Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

As the end of the 2020-21 school year approaches, the debate about educational assessments is gaining renewed momentum. While educators and policymakers may hold differing views about how to proceed ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

We’ve begun a new school year with continued challenges for students, teachers, parents, and other learning guardians. Having spent the spring semester navigating the new world of widespread distance ...

Collaborative testing represents an innovative assessment strategy where students initially answer examination questions individually and subsequently engage in group discussions to review and defend ...

Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big ...

This analysis of testing in schools shows what the current debate gets wrong, and how educators and policymakers can create a future where assessments are a more effective part of the teaching and ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. and LEHI, Utah — IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people worldwide, announced it has acquired Emmersion, the Utah-based leader in ...

Technology and artificial intelligence can vastly improve the types of assessments teachers use to guide students in their learning. Despite the often-negative discussion about testing in schools, ...

Less than a year after it was enacted, lawmakers will revisit a proposal that brought major changes to Virginia’s K-12 public ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room On paper, the Compton Unified School District has soared in its academic performance in the last decade. District Superintendent Darin ...