Designing Assessment As Learning
We assess student work so both teachers and learners can see what students know, and what they need to know in order to improve. For this reason the core principle of the Assessment Toolkit is "Assessment as Learning." Assessment as Learning being the designing of assessments that are integral to the everyday processes of learning and teaching throughout a course, rather than something that just happens at the end to measure student levels.
Dr Adele Flood from the Learning and Teaching Unit (LTU) discusses assessment as learning.
(See Transcript of audio).
Resources
Resources on designing assessment as learning:
- Aligning Assessment with Outcomes
- Assessing Authentically
- Giving Assessment Feedback
- Standards-Based Assessment
- See also Assessing Inclusively
Read more about assessment design in the Macquarie University Assessment Toolkit, specifically this Resource (PDF, 250K, 8pages)