Six or seven years ago, when we were formalizing our approach to “Assessment for Learning” at the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE), we called it Quality Performance Assessment (QPA), meaning ...

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 ...

In the two years since we launched the Assessment for Learning Project, one of the most important things I’ve discovered is that assessment for learning is, at a fundamental level, a matter of ...

Cindy Cogswell is a postdoctoral fellow for Assessment and Evaluation at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL). Cindy has graciously agreed to answer any questions that you might ...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Ask the many assessment haters in higher education who is most to blame for what they perceive as the fixation on trying to measure student learning outcomes, and they are ...

Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender bias, and educational practice Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, ...

The Wall Street Journal sought comment from all the colleges and universities that were part of the Journal’s review of College Learning Assessment Plus test scores.

How can student learning data drive improvements in classrooms and national education strategies? What does it take to convert assessment findings into meaningful reforms? And how can regional ...