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Vibes and Assessment

August 1, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

A recent column by Adam Mastrioanni calls attention to our experience of forgetting most of the facts that we learn in school. He provides a number of examples to illustrate this major point, including his […]

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Reasons to Place Less Emphasis on Grades

May 10, 2022 Gary Natriello 0

Writing in the Harvard Business Education site, Gerald Knesek argues that instructors should focus less on grades and more on cultivating a desire to learn in students. To avoid the stress on grades which he […]

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End of the Road for Standardized Testing?

August 16, 2021 Gary Natriello 0

Steven Singer calls attention to the threat posed to the requirement for standardized testing by the continuing pandemic in the U.S. With schools facing serious challenges in maintaining face-to-face operations and with students and their […]

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Cheating or Global Outsourcing of Academic Work?

August 1, 2021 Gary Natriello 0

Check out this CBS News Report on the cheating industry that has sprung up to provide essay writing and other services to students at every degree level. The report highlights that such cheating is connected […]

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Curveballs and Catch 22s

February 9, 2021 Gary Natriello 0

In an era where this is so much emphasis on clear and unambiguous assignments for students to allow for fair assessments, it is refreshing to see Michael McDowell discussing some of the benefits of teachers […]

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Cheating Scandal at West Point

December 31, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

The Hill reports on a major scandal at West Point. With the transition to online learning due to the pandemic, over 70 students were accused of cheating on a calculus exam when instructors noticed that […]

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Performance vs Background in Hiring

October 22, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

As Sherin Shibu writes in PC Magazine, the process of hiring software engineers may not be as merit based as once thought. The article features Aline Lerner who co-founded Interviewing.io, a company that seeks to […]

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Caste vs. Meritocracy

October 3, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

Those looking for examples of how personal assessments in the workplace can be affected by factors unrelated to performance will be interested in the issues highlighted in a commentary by Rajiv Rao discussing a recent […]

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More on UK Exam Adjustments

September 8, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

If you have been following the controversy over the automated adjustment of exam grades in the UK in this year of the pandemic, (see Algorithm Penalizes Students from Poorer Regions), you will be interested in […]

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Algorithm Penalizes Students in Poorer Regions

August 13, 2020 Gary Natriello 0

An algorithm used to create exam results for students in Scotland who missed the exams because of the pandemic unfairly penalizes students from poorer areas. The algorithm adjusts teachers’ estimates based on the prior performance […]

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