In a climate where there continues to be a movement among parents and educators to opt out of standardized tests, ‘assessment’ has become a dirty word. However, assessment in itself isn’t to blame.

Six or seven years ago, when we were formalizing our approach to “Assessment for Learning” at the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE), we called it Quality Performance Assessment (QPA), meaning ...

The Higher Learning Commission (UW’s accrediting body) offers this definition of assessment: “Effective assessment is best understood as a strategy for understanding, confirming, and improving student ...