Assessment matters in higher education : choosing and using diverse approaches / edited by Sally Brown and Angela Glasner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Systems Approaches to Assessment 1 -- 1 Institutional Strategies for Assessment / Sally Brown 3 -- 2 Innovations in Student Assessment: A System-wide Perspective / Angela Glasner 14 -- 3 Assessment and Evaluation: A Systems Approach for their Utilization / T. Dary Erwin 28 -- 4 Using Assessment Strategically to Change the Way Students Learn / Graham Gibbs 41 -- Part 2 Exploring the Effectiveness of Innovative Assessment 55 -- 5 Why Assess Innovatively? / Phil Race 57 -- 6 The Experience of Innovative Assessment: Student Perspectives / Liz McDowell, Kay Sambell 71 -- 7 Biases in Marking Students' Written Work: Quality? / Neil D. Fleming 83 -- Part 3 Assessing Practice 93 -- 8 Assessing Practice / Sally Brown 95 -- 9 Assessment of Key Skills / Garth Rhodes, Freda Tallantyre 106 -- 10 Using Portfolios for Assessment in Teacher Preparation and Health Sciences / Gill Young 122 -- 11 Group-based Assessment: An Evaluation of the Use of Assessed Tasks as a Method of Fostering Higher Quality Learning / Mike Heathfield 132 -- 12 Dimensions of Oral Assessment and Student Approaches to Learning / Gordon Joughin 146 -- Part 4 Towards Autonomous Assessment 157 -- 13 Towards Autonomous Assessment: Using Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment / Angela Brew 159 -- 14 Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment / Shirley Jordan 172 -- 15 Peer Assessment of Undergraduate Seminar Presentations: Motivations, Reflection and Future Directions / Andy Lapham, Ray Webster 183 -- 16 Using Peer Assessment and Self-Assessment for the First Time / Paul Roach 191.

Assessment really does matter in higher education. Internationally, academics - and those who support them - are seeking better ways to assess students, recognizing that diverse methods are available which may solve many of the problems associated with the evaluation of learning. Assessment Matters in Higher Education provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment. It draws clearly on both relevant research and on its contributors' practical first hand experience (warts and all!). It asks, for example: * how can assessment methods best become an integral part of learning? * what strategies can be used to make assessment fairer, more consistent and more efficient? * how effective are innovative approaches to assessment, and in what contexts do they prosper? * to what extent can students become involved in their own assessment? * how can we best assess learning in professional practice contexts? This is an important resource for all academics and.

Academic managers involved in assessing their students.