Topic: How Does Assessment Impact the Education Agenda?
Join our hosts now for a Virtual Roundtable discussion on student assessment:
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Andrew Miller of the Buck Institute for Education |
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Linda Burch of CommonSenseMedia.org |
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Dennis Frezzo of Cisco Networking Academy |
Implementing a comprehensive assessment model that enriches student learning represents a challenging cultural shift for many education environments. Using technology and new approaches to student assessment can improve both teaching and learning–helping students prepare for workforce success and global citizenship–but adding new forms of summative and formative assessment into an already complex environment poses a number of questions:
- To what extent does technology improve methods of skill assessment?
- What types of assessments we can offer that result in a positive feedback
loop to enrich the learning experience?
