The nature of institutionalized education, how assessment can better serve learning, and the impact of grading and compliance all come under scrutiny. We speak to: Susan D. Blum is a professor of ...

The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...

What is Assessment? Why is it important? Assessment is a core component of all teaching, learning and curricular activities. Assessments provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate how deeply ...

To ensure student learning is taking place, a wide range of assessment activities are used to assist the UW community in making data-driven decisions on how to best build an environment where students ...

Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate learning at the end of instruction, formative assessments are low or no-stakes and focus on guiding progress. Provide actionable feedback to adjust ...

Summative assessments are implemented at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period to evaluate how well students have achieved the learning objectives, such as knowledge, skills, and ...