Activities, assignments and assessment/Principles of assessment

Kathryn Hill's pre-recorded presentation for AAAOpenConf2013.

Principles of Assessment (Education). A 10 minute presentation by Kathryn Hill. copy on Archive.org

Notes

We can't separate assessment from its purpose. Consider the purpose of assessment when asking "Why do we assess?" Efficiency and effectiveness of assessment

There are 3 criteria; Evidence, Interpretation, Use

Evidence - what, how, who, by whom - there are MANY different types of assessment. We tend to focus on a few types in higher education.

Interpretation

There is always an assessment criteria; just sometimes, it is not explicit. Reliability

• if a student is scared, it is not a reliable assessment!!

The more items of assessment, the more reliable it is.

Leigh: Searching for methods of assessment that are efficient and effective.

Audio recording of Kathryn Hill explaining her research into understanding classroom-based assessment of young adolescent school students.

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