What is the function of assessments in ALEKS?
Assessments are central to the functioning of ALEKS. Students are initially assessed when they begin to use their accounts; this determines a starting point or baseline for their learning. ALEKS uses a powerful integration of assessment and learning; learning is individually guided on the basis of accurate, qualitative assessment results. Because all ALEKS courses contain review material, students will be able to review topics from their previous courses if the assessment shows this is necessary. Then, as students make progress in their course materials, there are periodic, automatic reassessments provided by ALEKS to check retention of new material and provide additional reinforcement as needed. Very often, after a reassessment, students will need to briefly work through topics they had done before, so that their grasp of these topics remains firm as a basis for further progress. In the newest versions of ALEKS courses, the scope of assessments has been made more sensitive to the stud
