The Practical Cost of Textbooks

There’s a great conversation – a debate, almost – occurring right now about two indisputable facts: The College Board recommends that students budget around $1200 per year for textbooks and supplies. Surveys of students indicate that they spend around $600 per year on textbooks. How can there be a debate about facts which no one … Read more

Truth in Grading Disclosure

Steve Greenlaw published a brief meditation on grading today. This is a topic I’ve wrestled with ever since taking my courses on assessment design and psychometrics as a graduate student. Allow me to suggest, tongue in cheek, that perhaps our course syllabi are in need of a Truth in Grading Disclosure. It could come right after the section about … Read more

Pearson, Efficacy, Credibility, and OER

I’ve written about Pearson’s efficacy work in the past, and Ray Henderson’s twitter post this morning has prompted me to ponder and write a bit more. Just-in: @Pearson has just pubd white paper on their #Revel platform, as CEO @johnfallon committed. Thoughts? http://t.co/2bEIrin8lp — Ray Henderson (@readmeray) October 14, 2015 Let me start by applauding … Read more