The needs assessment must identify the current state (shortcomings) of the target group's knowledge/competence/performance (focus on one area), how the educational ...

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, ...

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 ...

Designing assessment tasks that will uphold academic integrity can be challenging in a world of artificial intelligence (AI). Amid growing concern in higher education about academic misconduct, ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...

Director of Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University & Visiting Research Professor in Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Rhodes University Edinburgh Napier University ...

Encouraging students to ask effective questions can improve engagement and deepen learning. However, many educators are unsure how to do so. In this resource, I share strategies that you can implement ...

Explore the importance of sustained efforts in foundational literacy and numeracy for long-term educational success in India.

UW Extension educators inspect a weather station during a tour of an agricultural operation in southeast Wyoming. (UW Extension Photo) A needs assessment led by University of Wyoming Extension may ...