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 ...

At first blush, the advice from the measurement experts couldn’t be clearer: Decisions that have a major impact on a student, such as promotion to the next grade or high school graduation, “should not ...

Once multiple sclerosis (MS) is diagnosed (see presentation), periodic assessment of disease severity is important both for tracking disease progression (and establishing prognosis) and for monitoring ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

Assessment is essential in ensuring student success and a positive university experience. In national surveys, students frequently complain about a lack of assessment diversity, claiming that ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Large-scale assessment programs are increasingly requiring students to work in collaborative small groups instead of, or in addition to, ...

Evaluating and tracking patients’ functional status through the post-acute care continuum requires a common instrument. However, different post-acute service providers such as nursing homes, inpatient ...