Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program. This method of assessment is unique because the courses themselves become the ...

Answer Sheet There are better ways to assess students than with high-stakes standardized tests. These schools are using them with success. April 3, 2018 More than 7 years ago Summary (iStock) ...

In the health and medical sciences, SPs are used to provide a safe and supportive environment conducive for learning of for standardized assessment". From: Association of Standardized Patient ...

A new two-year study on testing in U.S. big-city public schools reveals what many students, parents and teachers have been screaming about for years: Kids take too many mandated standardized tests.

Micro-credentials have become an increasingly popular way to document the acquisition of learning and skills. But they often lack standardized assessment, hampering their ability to be fully ...

Standardized-testing regimens cost states some $1.7 billion a year overall, or a quarter of 1 percent of total K-12 spending in the United States, according to a new report on assessment finances.

A note: Whenever I write about students with disabilities and standardized tests, many commenters say that of course students with disabilities would perform poorly on standardized tests—such ...

By some estimates, 20-50 hours of classroom time each year are spent on student assessments, and students lose up to 110 hours each year taking and preparing for these standardized tests.

We know very little about what goes into standardized tests, who really designs them and how they're scored. Take a peek into the nation's largest test-scoring facility.