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Exam Blueprints: A Student-centric Approach to Assessment 

Faculty Focus

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

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Exam Blueprints: A Student-centric Approach to Assessment 

Faculty Focus

Exam blueprints are a teaching tool that is still shrouded in controversy. Understanding the utility and impact of exam blueprints from a student perspective can be a game-changer. They can also help instructors to ensure that exams are fair and equitable. No more guesswork—students know exactly what to expect.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessment is a critical component of the teaching and learning process.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessment is a critical component of the teaching and learning process.

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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

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The most controversial new tech tool for colleges since the start of the pandemic is automated proctoring, which aims to detect cheating on online exams by using algorithms that watch students via their webcam and look for suspicious patterns of behavior—often sending clips of questionable moments to professors for later review.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 new products, teaching strategies, and learning initiatives

eSchool News

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. On the 2015 AzMERIT statewide benchmark exam, only 2 percent of ELLs passed the language arts section, and 6 percent passed the math section of the exam. Approximately 70,000 of Arizona’s K-12 students are ELLs.

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What Student Leaders Think About the Future of Education

Edsurge

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. Are standardized tests a fair gauge for predicting college success? But too often, a critical element is left out of the process: student voice. Want to know more about what these students had to say?

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