I’m back from taking a few days away for the holidays and to get the new semester underway. Before the break, I had posted a I’m back from taking a few days away for the holidays and to get the new ...

To say that the last two years have been tough on everyone would be an understatement. Many of us, myself included, have had to rearrange our priorities. In my case, a decreased bandwidth in my day-to ...

After reading about specifications grading in this article and then interviewing Linda Nilson about her book on the subject, I read Linda’s book over the holiday break. It’s causing a chain reaction ...

Assignments and the associated grades represent one of the most powerful tools in our teaching repertoire. It takes great care and precision to design assessments, and how we measure and translate ...

How can we make assessment more meaningful? Rigorous assessment is central to education. It tells us whether our students are mastering essential skills and knowledge and whether our teaching is ...

For many professors, grading student work is the least enjoyable part of their jobs. “None of us get into teaching to grade,” says Renée Link, a professor of teaching in the Chemistry Department at ...