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 ...

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 ...

Explore how curriculum, assessment, and policy changes are fostering independent learning in schools worldwide.

When it comes to assessing students, the fundamental question lies not only in how to test them but also how often, in what capacity, and how the questions should be designed. Below, we will address ...

Performing certain tasks, doing things that used to be easy or maintaining links with the community and other people may become more difficult as people with a learning disability grow older. Care and ...

To embed the skills students will need to thrive beyond their studies, lecturers need to assess how they’re going to use them in their future lives. Enter authentic assessment – a holistic approach ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

Integrated assessment is assessment which is designed holistically across a degree programme rather than unit by unit, with a recognition of students’ stage of experience as a key design element.

Early and timely assessment of behaviour that challenges can identify and seek to address the factors that lead to the behaviour and help to understand why the person is behaving in that way. In turn, ...