The CORE Team in New Student and Family Programs consists of 20 student leaders selected to lead their peers in programming for new students and family members at Northwestern University. Throughout ...

When assessments aren’t just about a grade, students can experience a classroom filled with creativity, engagement, and ...

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 ...

Teachers usually can’t use standardized tests to accelerate students’ learning. The tests are often too general and the results too slow in coming to help teachers make daily instructional decisions.

In this chapter we focus on how the changes you make in your instruction can interact with what is happening beyond your classroom and school. We look more closely at how an assessment system can work ...

Teachers use a variety of methods to assess mastery of a topic. We use observations, quick formative assessments, longer summative assessments, and long-term benchmark assessments. The problem is that ...

New Jersey school districts won’t receive results from the state’s high school exit exam until late summer or early fall, ...

Assessment is evolving to leverage new technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality. And it’s starting to happen right now in classrooms and school buildings in the U.S. and abroad.

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) are pairing up on a new bill that would pave a way for students to use ...

The Peer Inclusion Educators (PIE) in Social Justice Education at Northwestern University is a program started by students, for students, dedicated to fostering an inclusive learning environment by ...