Educational Leadership

The Australian National University is turning to digital proctoring to replace the role of a walking invigilator. But who watches the proctor, what are the risks, and what data will be collected?

Literacy and numeracy can be assessed through creative tasks, like creating a drama performance or an electrical circuit, without hindering creativity.

By Emily Riley - More on an alternative form of testing that may help transform school learned information from technical facts to applicable knowledge.

Maitland Jones Jr., a respected professor, defended his standards. But students started a petition, and the university dismissed him.

Millions of school students have started their long summer vacation this month, but for some the two-month break won't be much of a holiday.

Examinations are stressful, and can be extremely challenging – this is undeniable. I always found that the most hair-raising part of the examination season was the space of time following the exam when everyone gathered in the common room and compared their answers.

Now this post-exam interrogation is carried out at a national level through Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media. Thousands of students converge on the internet and compare their answers, discuss how hard they found the exam and despair in union about how they’re definitely not getting into University.