Assessment

Assessment is the curriculum, as far as students are concerned. They will learn what they think they will be assessed on, not what is in the curriculum, or even what has been "covered' in class.                                                                                                   - John Biggs

Assessment is generally thought of as a process designed to measure student achievement. However, assessment is more than this. It can also be a learning process where students engage with materials, authentic experiences and people, and receive feedback on this process that helps their learning.

Recent thinking conceptualises assessment as a means of developing students' capacities, skills and attributes, including the capacity for lifelong learning and personal and professional judgement.¹

Exemplars

• Assessment exemplars at USQ

'How to' flyers

• Criterion referenced assessment (PDF* 100kb) 
• Feedback on assessment (PDF* 83kb) 
• Moderation of assessment (PDF* 84kb)
• Designing assessment for students with a disability (PDF* 116kb)

Audio-visual resources

• Professor Sally Brown talks about designing inclusive and equitable assessment (*WMV) Duration = 3:15 minutes
• Professor Sally Brown explains how to design alternative assessments or accommodations for students with a disability, without watering down standards (*WMV) Duration = 2:19 minutes
• Professor Geoff Crisp** - breeze presentation, interview, web links
• Karen Miller (USQ Faculty of Business) discusses the use of Turnitin software in her teaching interview**

Other resources

• Assessment checklist
• Assessment rubric bank
• Assessing learning in higher education - (University of Melbourne)
• Creating Accessible Teaching & Support. 'Teaching and Assessment',  Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)
• Information about Ease, Moodle Assignment Submission and Turnitin 

Contact
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1. D Boud and N Falchikov, 2007, 'Introduction: assessment for the longer term', Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education: Learning for the Longer Term, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp.3-13

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