The MisMeasure of Learning

By Liza Devon Herzog, with visuals by Jane Robin Shore

The word assess comes from the Latin assidere, which means to sit beside. ... Literally then, to assess means to sit beside the learner. But unfortunately, this is NOT how assessment usually happens.

Too often, we see assessment as an OUTSIDE IN mandate from above. A policy is made by individuals who are usually very far from any classroom. An offici…