We know that assessment matters. It provides recognition of students’ achievements, drives learning and enables students to develop valuable skills for the future. Yet, despite all the efforts by ...

This analysis of testing in schools shows what the current debate gets wrong, and how educators and policymakers can create a future where assessments are a more effective part of the teaching and ...

Jason Lodge works for the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the Science of Learning Research Centre (SLRC) at the University of Melbourne. The SLRC is funded through a Special Research ...

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 ...

Much of the testing discussion in the United States today is grounded on several widely accepted notions: that we first must get the actual assessment instrument right, that there is an important ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how students engage with education. From tutoring ...

As an attending physician working with a student for a week, you receive a form that asks you to evaluate the student's fund of knowledge, procedural skills, professionalism, interest in learning, and ...

As a recent engineering graduate, I agree with Douglas Belkin’s assessment of the state of higher education in America (“Why Americans Have Lost Faith in the Value of College,” Review, Jan. 20).

What’s the purpose of an education? To get a job? To expand the mind? This is a question that’s dogged philosophers, politicians and educators for years. This week, we got another glimpse into the ...