Christopher R. Gareis, Ed.D., is a professor of education at William & Mary. A former English teacher, soccer coach, and principal, he is the co-author of the books Teacher-Made Assessments: How to ...

Incorporating peer review and individual reflections makes frequent, intentional formative assessment manageable, with big ...

A rubric is an evaluation tool that identifies criteria relevant to an assignment and describes levels of performance expectations for the assignment or other student work. Grading rubrics communicate ...

Targets are goals a program has for itself: specifically, a target sets the percentage of students that should be meeting or exceeding the program’s learning outcomes for the program to fulfill its ...

Assessment criteria are the assignment expectations: they describe the elements of learning (i.e., knowledge, skills, values) that are being assessed and the standard the learner is expected to meet ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...