The Importance of Project Evaluation for Instructional Designers

The Importance of Project Evaluation for Instructional Designers

As an instructional designer you have carefully designed and developed useful content, engaging learning activities, and challenging assessment items for a project.  You have ensured that everything is well correlated to stated learning objectives and that they...
The Key to Successful Vendor/Client Relationships

The Key to Successful Vendor/Client Relationships

In our A Pass Angle, entitled, “The Key to Successful Vendor/Client Relationships” Mona Meyer explains that two attributes must be present within project communication in order for it to be considered the highest quality communication: Intentional...
Misconceptions as Distractors in Assessment Items

Misconceptions as Distractors in Assessment Items

In his seminal article, “Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching,” Lee Shulman emphasizes that teachers must help students break down their misconceptions and preconceptions during the learning process. Shulman argues that effective teachers must possess a...
The Future of Assessment: Renaissance or Armageddon?

The Future of Assessment: Renaissance or Armageddon?

The recent popularity of the “opt-out” movement, especially evident in New York (Harris and Fessenden), has led many education policy commentators and observers to conclude that high stakes assessments as we know them may eventually disappear. Indeed, some states,...
Who Are These Guys?

Who Are These Guys?

Remember that great line from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?  Allow me to tell you who we are. A Pass Educational Group specializes in the creation of customized educational and training content, and it’s an exciting time to be in this business. The challenges...
Where to Put the Ottoman

Where to Put the Ottoman

By Mona Meyer I’ll never forget the episode of “Cheers” when the rest of the gang teased Norm relentlessly about his interest in interior design. Finally, in an attempt to deflect attention from his hobby, Norm shrugs and says along the lines of, “I can’t help it....