Evolution Assessment

The assessment of evolutionary understanding and acceptance play a central role in many evidence-based educational pursuits: uncovering how students and teachers think; measuring the impact of educational experiences in formal and informal settings; examining the growth of understanding through degree and certification programs; and quantifying the relationships between sociocultural factors and reasoning patterns.

In order to draw greater attention to the topic of evolution assessment and further research efforts in this area, Evolution: Education and Outreach debuts its first special issue devoted to the topic of evolution assessment. The seven articles in this collection explore a range of topics, ending with a brief discussion of possible next steps for future evolution assessment research.

^Editorial
Evolution assessment: introduction to the special issue

Ross H. Nehm and Louise S. Mead

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2019 12:7
Published on: 21 February 2019}

^{Curriculum and education}
Concept inventories as a resource for teaching evolution

Robert E. Furrow and Jeremy L. Hsu

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2019 12:2
Published on: 16 January 2019}

^Review
Applying measurement standards to evolution education assessment instruments

Louise S. Mead, Cory Kohn, Alexa Warwick and Kathryn Schwartz

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2019 12:5
Published on: 8 February 2019}

^{RESEARCH ARTICLE}
Testing validity inferences for Genetic Drift Inventory scores using Rasch modeling and item order analyses

Robyn E. Tornabene, Erik Lavington and Ross H. Nehm

^{Evolution: Education and Outreach 2019 11:6
Published on: 17 July 2018}