I’m waiting for my T-shirt to arrive in the mail. It’s the one that will say, on the back, “ETS Research Symposium on Through-Course Summative Assessment, Atlanta, Feb. 10-11, 2011.” And on the front, ...

Summative assessments evaluate learning at the end of a unit, course, or instructional period. While typically used to gauge final outcomes, these assessments can also serve formative purposes, ...

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 ...

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To increase opportunities for students to practice specific grammar points and listening skills. Since 2006, the Italian Department has embraced e-assessment activities in their UG language degree ...

In a Q&A with the Collaborative for Student Success and EducationCounsel, representatives from three of the largest national assessment vendors said they're committed to supporting states administer ...

There are countless ways to assess students. Speaking broadly, two key assessment categories are “summative” and “formative”. Summative assessment, often the most popular one, aims to measure how much ...