Testing
-
Is your child taking a test? When is the right time?
Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School Standardized tests have become the primary tool for determining a student’s academic ability. Legislators and administrators use test data ... -
Educators: Ensure Your Corrective Feedback Is Top-Notch
Giving feedback isn’t just about indicating errors – it’s about prompting improvement, too. “Corrective” feedback refers to exactly that kind of commentary. But what ... -
Integrating Standardized Test Preparation into Your Curriculum
In this age of accountability, teachers are responsible for ensuring that their students learn. To measure what students know and don’t know, states all ... -
Summative Assessments: Do You Know These Basics?
Classroom assessment is a chance for teachers to put their creative and evaluative skills to the test. The structure and content of classroom assessments ... -
Three Handy Types of Classroom Assessment
Classroom assessments are no light matter. They need to test basic knowledge and complex memory, and they need to test that information as retained ... -
Tips and Tricks for Providing Quality Performance Feedback
Feedback is a highly nuanced skill that every educator needs to develop. While grading is often guided by outside standards or easily quantified metrics, ... -
Seven Major Strategies for Creating Formative Assessments
Classroom assessment is a chance for teachers to put their creative and evaluative skills to the test. The structure and content of classroom assessments ... -
Educators: Is Your Grading On-Point?
Grading is at the crux of educational evaluation. It’s a major factor in designating student success, and it’s a vital skill that every educator ... -
Creating Quality Classroom Assessments: How to Create Written Assessments
Many educators turn to writing-based evaluations when it comes to classroom assessments. While written evaluations take a lot of subjective judgment and extra effort ... -
A Look At High-Stakes Tests: The Pro’s and Cons
Education today is run rampant with evaluations. Classroom tests, national standardized assessments, even scores that reflect international performance – students from elementary school through ...
