WORKSHOP: Assessment: Learning's Destination or Journey?

When making assessments, questions such as the following are often not examined: What is the difference between an exceptionally good piece of assessment and a poor piece of assessment? Over and above testing, what have students learned and retained, and what should assessment offer the students? How often and in what form should assessment take place? What is the relationship between feedback and assessment? When and how often should formative and summative assessment be utilised? What role does well-designed assessment have in minimising the potential for plagiarism? These and other crucial elements of good assessment will be examined in this workshop, for the purposes of critiquing (for better or worse) actual assessment.