These versatile strategies—from brain dumps to speed sharing—help students track their own progress while informing your next instructional steps.

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, ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

When we design assessment with transparency, cultural awareness and inclusivity in mind, it becomes a tool for supporting ...

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 ...

Ellevation Education, a Curriculum Associates company, today announced the launch of Ellevation Benchmark, a new English language proficiency (ELP) assessment designed to help educators monitor ...

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 ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room Learning the art and skill of effective instruction starts long before a teacher’s first job in the classroom. Aspiring educators begin ...