A performance-based assessment evaluates employees on their output vs. their expected contribution to a business, explains Tsuru Kotaro of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. These ...

As a business owner, you must have relevant performance assessments for your employees. You would use these to determine if an employee is meeting the demands of his specific job and to also outline ...

Once learned this technique can be used in a flexible way for many different purposes. The technique maintains communication with patients when their mouths are full of instruments. Enhances the ...

The college routinely uses assessment information to improve its programs. Select a department or program to see examples of assessment information in action for positive change: The AES undergraduate ...

Within the past 50 years, we’ve seen our country move from an industrial economy to an information-based economy. Now, early in the 21st century, it appears we are shifting to an innovation-based ...

Evidence is gathered about student achievement or understanding. The information allows the instructor or learner to alter future instructional steps. It is done to improve learning outcomes (Black & ...

Summative assessments gauge student achievement after the completion of learning activities. While many of these are common such as exams, projects and essays, there are a larger variety of ways to ...

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

Tests are an important tool in educators' arsenal. Photo by Andy Rennle/Flickr CC 2.0 We live in an age of assessment in education. One of my friends -- who happens to be a vice president of a large ...

We present an internationally validated protocol for the evaluation of pyrogenic contaminations using human whole blood. In the in vitro pyrogen test (IPT) the sample is incubated with fresh or ...