This past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has marked a watershed event for global education, as schools in the US and across the world have quickly pivoted to some form of remote or hybrid education. In fact, at the peak of the pandemic, almost 93% of US households reported that their children engaged in some form […]
How Digital Assessment Standards Give You Control Over Testing Data
As educators look to turn the chaos of 2020 into a sustainable strategy, it’s clear instructors and learners alike will continue to rely on digital tools. A robust, virtual toolkit emerged in the pandemic; despite classroom upheaval, many instructors found value in learning technologies and want to continue implementing them in remote or hybrid learning […]
Using Portable Custom Interactions to Measure 21st Century Skills
Teaching mathematics and science requires much more than simply imparting core knowledge and ideas. Students must immerse themselves in practices that allow them to develop cross-curricular skills such as calculating, modeling, problem-solving, and reasoning if they are to succeed in a world that increasingly utilizes science and technology. In the past, it’s been difficult to […]
Minimizing Inequalities in Student Access to Exam Technology
The pandemic has cast a harsh light on digital divide in education across the world, highlighting both new and existing dimensions of inequality when it comes to accessing the exam technology and support now required for hybrid or distant learning. We have seen that this digital divide disproportionately affects students in low income geographical areas, […]
4 Ways to Ensure Academic Freedom in Remote Learning
The term “academic freedom” has been around for over a century. It refers to teachers’ and students’ freedom to teach, study, and pursue knowledge and research without unreasonable interference or restriction from law, institutional regulations, or public pressure. Educators, faculty, and institutional leaders have historically worked to maintain academic freedom, but recent spikes in online […]
How Lithuania’s National Agency for Education is Sparking a Digital Transformation Using TAO
The post below is an excerpt taken from the first case study in our series with the National Agency for Education in Lithuania, detailing their transition from paper-based national assessment to a computer-based testing solution. Read on to learn more about their transformation, and download the full case study for free! Today, its more evident than […]
