Direct Assessment refers to any method of collecting data that requires students to demonstrate a knowledge, skill, or behavior, normally as part of the regular educational experience of students in ...

Peer review of academic programs is a widely accepted method for assessing curricular sequences as well as course development and delivery. Using external reviewers is a useful way of analyzing ...

Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program. This method of assessment is unique because the courses themselves become the ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...

Indirect Measures of student learning ask students to reflect on or self-assess their learning rather than demonstrate it. This can include measures of students’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, and ...

Contemporary assessment methods in the United States and other parts of the world reflect the progressive development of the education sectors’ legal and organizational environments. The systems have ...

Dietary assessment methods have evolved substantially over recent decades, spanning traditional self‐reported instruments such as 24‐hour dietary recalls, food records and food frequency ...