Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

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 ...

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 ...

Formative assessment isn’t a final judgment, it’s part of the learning itself. It happens during teaching, not after. As Bell ...

Let’s push for a more holistic and inclusive approach to student assessment, one that not only acknowledges but also celebrates the variety of talents and perspectives we have in the classroom. By ...

It is done to improve learning outcomes (Black & Wiliam, 2009). It is the use of the assessment that makes it formative. If evidence of student achievement is not used to adapt instruction or to give ...

Center for Teaching and Learning (n.d.). Classroom Assessment Techniques. University of Colorado Boulder. Center for Teaching and Learning (n.d.). Formative Assessments. University of Colorado Boulder ...

Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

In alignment with Northwestern’s commitment to excellent teaching and the personal and intellectual growth of our students, the University is dedicated to the assessment of student learning outcomes ...

Student learning outcomes (SLO) are the key component of an assessment plan. These are concise statements that indicate the knowledge, skills, and abilities that students in a program are expected to ...

Our aim is to provide flexible, high-quality education for all. Our policies relating to learning, teaching and assessment ensure an equivalent experience, fair and equitable treatment and consistency ...

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 ...