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Why Students Aren’T Learning?: Using Assessments To Measure, Rogelio Lasso

Rogelio A. Lasso

Although assessments have a greater influence on law student learning and performance, law schools currently do a very poor job at insuring that faculty use assessments to improve student learning and performance. This article seeks to (a) encourage law teachers and law schools to use assessments to improve student learning; (b) encourage students to become pro-active in demanding that professors use assessments to help them perform better in school and the bar exam; (c) provide a set of best practices for using assessments to improve student performance; and (d) furnish examples of various forms of assessments.

In theory, the primary …