Throughout the years, seeing one class period after the next, one semester after the next, one graduating class after the next, I can safely say, school would benefit from more playful moments. As ...

The accelerated digitization of today’s classroom impacts every aspect of instruction–from attendance to summative assessment and everything in between. As educators have shifted to the hybrid ...

Like many other concerned teachers, I’ve been reading the Obama administration’s blueprint for how educational reforms should unfold. Most of the ideas revolve around using a national curriculum that ...

Diana Laurillard of the UCL Knowledge Lab outlines digital instruction methods that help with formative assessment, or assessment for learning, rather than summative assessment for grading. She gives ...

Formative assessment is kind of the air we breathe in a classroom that’s active, that’s engaged, and where students are learning effectively. Joel: You describe a great environment where it’s embedded ...

When it comes to evaluating students’ learning, teachers have a wide range of activities and methods at their disposal, although they must be sure to select the type of assessment that fits best with ...

Rod Lane does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 emphasises on regular formative assessment that enables student learning, rather than summative assessments that encourage a coaching culture. What is ...

Can term-end summative examination as a form of assessment be done away with totally? Not just yet, given the 60 % weightage that it enjoys in the current structure of assessment. However, the ...