Ideally, better tests make better learners, but testing is only part of an effective feedback loop.

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Can we create more effective feedback loops with these ratings to positively effect the behavior of the rated?

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Feedback is most effective when delivered at the right place and the right time.

FORBES: 3 Ways Feedback Serves as a Highly Effective Career Advancement Tool

Self-reflection on your career path is more effective when you also obtain feedback from those who know you, understand your ambitions, and sincerely wish you success.

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Here are three ways that feedback can be your most effective career advancement tool for yourself and others.

FORBES: 3 Ways Feedback Serves as a Highly Effective Career Advancement Tool

Starting in 2009, the Gates Foundation supported a project known as the Measure of Effective Teaching, or MET, which worked with 3, 000 teachers to come up an evaluation and feedback system that helped teachers improve.

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The UNESCO-Microsoft Task Force on Higher Education and ICT will analyze the findings and recommendations of the WCHE, in addition to feedback from global higher education experts and stakeholders, to identify key initiatives that will promote more effective use of ICT in post-secondary teaching, learning and research.

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