When we started Envision Schools 13 years ago, we believed then--as we do now--that standardized assessments were necessary but insufficient for determining college and career readiness. It seemed ...

As the scale of formal education has increased, so too has the scale of testing, to the point where it has become a giant business. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on traditional ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Join University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) for a colloquium with Jade Caines Lee, assistant research professor in the University of Kansas’ Center for Learner ...

The Committee on the Foundations of Assessment produced this report, with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), to review and synthesize advances in the cognitive and measurement ...

The General Education curriculum enriches the lives of the students as they acquire the knowledge, skills, and competencies to be successful in their chosen fields and as lifelong learners. The ...

America’s students are not being educated as well these days as they should be. A key reason for this calamity is that we currently use the wrong tests to make our most important educational decisions ...

Applying knowledge learned in the classroom to the actual care of patients can be a major transition for students in medicine and other health care professions. At Drexel University College of ...

Ethical issues in educational assessment have become increasingly significant as schools and educational authorities seek fairness, accountability, and credibility in evaluation processes. This paper ...

I work with students of all ages and their families, from preschool to college, who are looking for either special education in grade school or accommodations for higher education. I provide ...

Families often have questions about their child's learning, be it Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Autism, ADHD or Gifted. What is keeping your child from achieving more success? Socially, we all want our ...