Criterion- and norm-referenced score reporting: What is the difference?
This Learning Point describes two ways in which scores from educational tests can be reported: criterion-referenced (compares a student's raw score to a predetermined standard) or norm-referenced (compares a student's scores to those of other test-takers).
Formative assessment(s) or formative assessment? The “s” makes a difference.
This Learning Point describes the misconception that results when using the term “formative assessmentS” to describe the formative assessment PROCESS.
Grading for learning: Guidelines for supporting student success
This Learning Point outlines 8 guidelines recommended by Ken O'Connor necessary to shift from traditional grading practices to those that align with standards and support learning.
How can educators assess social and emotional learning?
This Learning Point speaks to determining the purpose and appropriate use of assessment methods applied to student social-emotional competencies.
How can stealth assessment in games measure and support learning?
This Learning Point defines the concept of "stealth assessment" and describes how it can be used to embed ongoing formative assessment opportunities deeply into a game (or other engaging digital learning environment), blurring the distinction between learning and assessment.
How can stealth assessment in games measure and support learning?
This Learning Point defines the concept of "stealth assessment" and describes how it can be used to embed ongoing formative assessment opportunities deeply into a game (or other engaging digital learning environment), blurring the distinction between learning and assessment.
How do authentic assessments deepen learning?
How do English learners participate in state assessment?
This Learning Point describes two ways English learners participate in state assessment and how the results of these assessments are intended to be used.
How do instruction and assessment contribute to academic confidence in learners?
This Learning Point, excerpted from Rick Stiggins' book, Give Our Students the Gift of Confidence (Corwin, 2023), describes the context of teaching and learning in American classrooms, its impact on the emotional dynamics of learner success and failure, and how those dynamics affect each learner’s developing confidence or self-doubt.
How do students with disabilities participate in state and district assessments?
This Learning Point describes why students with disabilities participate in state assessment and how. And outlines the requirements in IDEA.
How do we design assessment systems for modern learning?
This Learning Point summarizes a framework for curriculum elements and assessment principles that address all the learning goals we have for modern learners/21st century learners.
How might collaboration create a state of assessment literacy?
This Learning Point describes how the Assessment Learning Network can promote collaboration on assessment learning.