Should we trust teachers’ practices or standardized tests?

BACK TO ALL BLOGS Should we trust teachers’ practices or standardized tests? by Raphaël Pasquini While students around the world received last summer their report cards and diplomas, in Switzerland, the Federation of Swiss Enterprises (Economiesuisse[1]) recently took...

What should the word ‘holistic’ imply?

BACK TO ALL BLOGS What should the word ‘holistic’ imply? by George MacBride Recent Holistic Assessment SIG seminars have prompted reflection on what we mean by the term ‘holistic’, a word often employed in education as a token of approval without clear definition of...

Educational Assessment in a Changing World

BACK TO ALL BLOGS Educational Assessment in a Changing World: Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead by Isabel Nisbet and Stuart Shaw What is the state of educational assessment a quarter of the way into the 21st century? What lessons have been learned from recent decades...