As the end of the 2020-21 school year approaches, the debate about educational assessments is gaining renewed momentum. While educators and policymakers may hold differing views about how to proceed ...

We’ve begun a new school year with continued challenges for students, teachers, parents, and other learning guardians. Having spent the spring semester navigating the new world of widespread distance ...

Anderson is a journalist, author and speaker. She spent 20 years covering finance including 10 at the New York Times before shifting her focus to learning. She is currently working on a book about the ...

Collaborative testing represents an innovative assessment strategy where students initially answer examination questions individually and subsequently engage in group discussions to review and defend ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

It’s a common argument against standardized testing: It’s left less time for creativity, collaboration, and depth in schools. Now, a new pilot in the nation’s second largest district will put that ...

Japanese Language and Literature, Vol. 42, No. 2, Japanese Language Education (Oct., 2008), pp. 389-411 (23 pages) This paper shows how the language instructor can incorporate the sociocultural ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. and LEHI, Utah — IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people worldwide, announced it has acquired Emmersion, the Utah-based leader in ...

Dubai, UAE – Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s lifelong learning company, today announces updates to its English language testing portfolio. These include enhancements to the Pearson Test of English ...

In schools across the U.S., multiple-choice questions such as this one provoke anxiety, even dread. Their appearance means it is testing time, and tests are big, important, excruciatingly unpleasant ...

Not all children learn at the same speed or through the same ways, but persistent challenges with reading, writing, and mathematics may warrant testing for a learning disability. Learning disabilities ...

What does learning and mentorship have to do with recruitment? Apart from perks that attract talent, these two things can be a part of the interview process. One learning expert, John Kleeman, ...