This post is by Justin Wells, Executive Director of Envision Learning Partners. Portfolio assessment has been around for a long time, and the practice appears to be growing. It’s easy to see why. A ...

Learn how to calculate Value at Risk (VaR) to effectively assess financial risks in portfolios, using historical, variance-covariance, and Monte Carlo methods.

Portfolio assessment has proved to be an innovative way to track students' progress in economics classes, making learning deeper and more meaningful. Here’s how to do it Traditional assessments, like ...

In our previous report, we discussed how practitioners typically measure investment risk. We also noted how there are ways to reduce risks in a portfolio, such as ‘diversification,’ which can help ...

One of the glaring disadvantages of relying on traditional testing as a method of assessment is that it promotes “teaching to the test”. Assessment experts, therefore, are of the view that tests ...

Extreme stock market gyrations have a way of dashing the confidence of both retirees and retirement savers. Having seen their balances recently take a hit, they wonder: Will I have enough? Should I ...

A group of rural educators says it wanted a new tool to help gain something many schools lack: the ability to examine their work more critically and professionally. The educators’ focus here during ...