Assessment is a ubiquitous part of classroom life. Most exchanges between teacher and students are an occasion for considering the quality of student work. Often informal, assessment is a natural ...

This chapter discusses the relationships between formative and summative assessments—both in the classroom and externally. In addition to teachers, site-and district-level administrators and decision ...

Next year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Common Core State Standards; the Next Generation Science Standards have been around nearly as long. The majority of states have officially adopted one or ...

Allowing retakes gives students another chance to learn and to demonstrate learning—the challenge is making redos work within ...

As we explore the design and application of formative assessments, it is important that we look at the culture of the classrooms in which they will be administered. Formative assessments will increase ...

Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are informal feedback gathering techniques to explore what students are or are not learning, how well they are applying it, and how well they respond to ...

Authors: Lorrie Shepard, Elena Diaz-Bilello, William Penuel, and Scott Marion Suggested Citation: Shepard, L. A., Diaz-Bilello, E., Penuel, W. R., & Marion, S. F ...

JOIN US for the 3rd National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Special Conference on Classroom Assessment hosted by CADRE and CU Boulder’s School of Education We are grateful to the William ...