Does anyone really know the definition of a "good" assessment? Does such a thing even exist? The second question has no clear answer (which means it's not likely to show up on an assessment any time ...

Rick Stiggins, author of the new book The Perfect Assessment System (ASCD), agreed to answer a few questions. Rick is the founder and retired president of the Assessment Training Institute (ATI), a ...

Six or seven years ago, when we were formalizing our approach to “Assessment for Learning” at the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE), we called it Quality Performance Assessment (QPA), meaning ...

Pearson has acquired Learning Catalytics, a cloud-based learning assessment system developed by two Harvard professors, for an undisclosed sum. Learning Catalytics’ tools for the interactive classroom ...

Good-bye, ACT Aspire. Hello, ATLAS. More than 250,000 Arkansas public school students in grades three through 10 will take for the first time this school year the state-required Arkansas Teaching and ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Wednesday, the Arkansas Department of Education unveiled its plans for a new assessment system for K-12 students designed to raise expectations for student proficiency. It's all ...