If there's a domain where college faculty could most stand to learn from K-12 educators, it is assessment. Too often, assessment is treated in postsecondary education as synonymous with grading: as a ...

An interview with Jennifer Deenik, Living Systems Science Teacher, Souhegan High School, by Jennifer Poon, Innovation Lab Network Director, Council of Chief State School Officers. Last month, New ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is “performance assessment” and how and why should I use it with students? Assessment is an obvious key part of our work as educators. There are many different ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Frameworks and the Assessment Development Process: Providing More Informative Portrayals of Student Performance." National Research Council. 1999. Grading the Nation's Report ...