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 ...

The National Science Education Standards are designed to guide our nation toward a scientifically literate society. Founded in exemplary practice and research, the Standards describe a vision of the ...

For almost the past four decades, academic standards have been a defining focus of efforts to improve student achievement. The movement for high academic standards—determinations of what students ...

Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs to improve student learning and development. All academic programs at RIT engage in program ...

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations. It fulfills a ...

The Center for Medical Education’s Assessment Hub consists of faculty and staff experts in assessment and evaluation. This group oversees Program, Curriculum, Educator, and Student Assessment for the ...

The Educational Effectiveness Plan (EEP), originally implemented in 2018, offers a structure that ensures that departments continually engage in a systematic inquiry into the effectiveness of their ...

They come from different education and career backgrounds, and they work in distant divisions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. But after only a few minutes of conversation, it’s abundantly clear that ...

The Student Congress Assessment Committee utilizes standards from the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). To learn more about this consortium, please visit the CAS ...

State education administrators often say, “It’s all about the kids,” yet their actions suggest it’s more about protecting adult reputations than improving student outcomes. They all want students to ...

In a world filled with the products of scientific inquiry, scientific literacy has become a necessity for everyone. Everyone needs to use scientific information to make choices that arise every day.