Portfolio assessment has been around for a long time, and the practice appears to be growing. It’s easy to see why. A portfolio lends itself naturally to assessment, whose aim is to collect evidence ...

Vol. 53, No. 3, Looking Back and Moving Forward: No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Quality Teaching (Summer 2014), pp. 220-227 (8 pages) Published By: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Our article ...

The U.S. Department of Education has started informing a small group of states that they will have to make changes to the way they test students with severe cognitive disabilities, because of ...

Many educators struggle to discover the proper assessment strategies for students. Systemic reform and the standards movement introduce clarity and accountability in assessing our students. Though ...

Teachers andadministrators across the country are becoming part of a "new wave"of assessment in the classroom -- assessment that includes authenticand performance-based measures. Such methods of ...

Practice assessment in undergraduate nursing programmes is still predominantly print based. This article describes the implementation of an online practice with assessment and learning portfolio in a ...

Many educators struggle to discover the proper assessment strategies for students. Systemic reform and the standards movement introduce clarity and accountability in assessing our students. Though ...