Category Archives: qualification-based assessment

Implications of evaluation of Formative Thresholded Assessment 1

As I said in my last post, the most powerful finding from this evaluation is the fact that many of our students, and also many of our staff, have a very poor understanding of our assessment strategies. And it is … Continue reading

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Joined-up thinking

One of the themes that is buzzing around in the circles in which I move is ‘programme-focused assessment’. That terminology comes from Chris Rust who gave a workshop on the PASS (Programme Assessment Strategies) Project at the OU something over … Continue reading

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