OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Nebraska Department of Education issued the results from its yearly Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment Systems or NSCAS and Accountability for a Quality Education System ...

Academic test results can sound pretty wonky, but it provides educators and policymakers with important information about students’ progress towards gaining the skills they will need for college and ...

Launched in 2015, PACE is an accountability pilot approved by the U.S. Department of Education and designed by New Hampshire to drive deeper learning for students and organizational change for schools ...

Grading can be a confusing process for college students, with around one-quarter of learners saying they’ve had at least one professor whose grading they didn’t understand, according to a 2023 Student ...

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 ...

Engaging students with course materials is a challenging aspect of teaching in higher education. This problem is particularly prevalent in graduate-level classes, where students from different ...

Question: What activity is done by most teachers in the United States, but has almost no evidence of effectiveness in raising student test scores? Answer: Analyzing student assessment data. This ...

The Division of Evaluation, Assessment and Education Research within the School of Medicine provides expertise, advising and administrative support related to program evaluation, performance ...

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 ...

A bill wending its way through the California State Legislature could remove a valuable tool to evaluate teacher preparation programs, according to research conducted by the Learning Policy Institute, ...

Weekly Essay Questions: Synthesis Essay Questions (SEQs). Weekly, formative, open book concept reasoning exercises in which students are given a brief written clinical scenario and asked to explain a ...