In an excellent column, Ray Schroeder, senior fellow for the Association of Leaders in Online and Professional Education, laments the tendency for many instructors to rely on text-specific test banks ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story contained an incorrect job description for Paul Leather. He oversees state and local partnerships for the Center for Innovation and Education. Let’s get ...

Multiple choice assessments are one of many good choices, particularly in today's education climate. We know educational assessment has reached a new level of debate when changes in state testing ...

New research from Bayes Business School suggests the inclusion of more than one correct response in multiple-choice examinations focuses students on deeper learning of material, and benefits ...

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

Educators know that it is important to assess student knowledge with a variety of question types and methods to obtain the best understanding of student proficiency of learning standards. In addition, ...

Assessments in education measure student achievement. These may take the form traditional assessments such as exams, or quizzes, but may also be part of learning activities such as group projects or ...