Grading vs Assessment

Learn more about AAC&U’s unique VALUE assessment initiatives and how to participate in VALUE-related activities, events, and meetings.

How can you work with students as subject-matter experts where they demonstrate competency through an end-of-course assessment?

Good rubrics can make it easier to fairly assess students’ work. Good rubrics also help students understand how their work is being assessed. But a good rubric takes time to develop. That&#82…

A course format with a creative grading scheme and weekly formative midterms produced large gains in student success with test items requiring higher-order cognitive skills. This format is designed...

As educators, we must work to create welcome and inclusive learning environments that promote equitable and successful outcomes for every student. We also know that learning is more than an intellectual exercise. Students bring to our classes their hopes for the future, their fears of failure, and the range of emotions one experiences when encountering new and challenging ideas in […]

Ideas from faculty who were tasked with creating alternative assessments to implement in a blended synchronous learning environment.

The IDEA Instruments are designed to provide feedback you can use—formative feedback that gives you suggestions for improvement—as well as summative feedback that can be used as a component of a mo...

Canvas Studio Video Quizzing provides instructors, teacher assistances (TAs), designers, and Studio account admins with a simple way to create engaging

This webinar will discuss the assessment for learning improvement programs at Carnegie Mellon University and James Madison University and the core pri

Use and assessment of student blogging.

Blogging rubric

Details of a rubric for and use of class blogging.