The Value of a Programme-wide Approach to Assessment
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
- Vol. 25 (3) , 237-251
Abstract
Reliability is important in the academic judgements that higher education institutions pass to employers, graduate schools and other stakeholders. However, there are well-known limits to the levels of reliability that can be reached at reasonable cost and without sacrificing validity. It is argued that a systemic approach to the assessment of student learning shows how resources may be freed up to invest in securing more reliable assessments where they are desirable and might reasonably be had.Keywords
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