As an attending physician working with a student for a week, you receive a form that asks you to evaluate the student's fund of knowledge, procedural skills, professionalism, interest in learning, and ...

This contributed guest piece is by Dr. Mahnaz R. Charania, former education senior research fellow at the Christensen Institute. It was originally published on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is ...

Competency-based education (CBE) programs may be an appealing alternative to conventional seat-time-based postsecondary degrees, but CBE’s long-term viability hinges on the credibility of these ...

Six or seven years ago, when we were formalizing our approach to “Assessment for Learning” at the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE), we called it Quality Performance Assessment (QPA), meaning ...

This analysis of testing in schools shows what the current debate gets wrong, and how educators and policymakers can create a future where assessments are a more effective part of the teaching and ...

How can assessment improve educational outcomes for African-Americans? That was the focus of a conference I attended this week at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. As the ...

Last year, Massachusetts residents voted in a statewide referendum to end the use of high-stakes tests as a graduation ...

The Division of Evaluation, Assessment and Education Research within the School of Medicine provides expertise, advising and administrative support related to program evaluation, performance ...

A plan to overhaul statewide testing in Oklahoma public schools is now on hold, with the state’s top education official ...