Carol Boston says “Black and Wiliam (1998b) define assessment broadly to include all activities that teachers and students undertake to get information that can be used diagnostically to alter ...

Definition and purpose The term assessment is commonly used in healthcare and has a number of definitions. One way to define it is as an evaluation during which “information is collected to identify ...

The governing board for the tests known as “the nation’s report card” has marked its own definition of what makes a student academically prepared for college. At a meeting here this month, members of ...