Assessing assessments

I just finished a project on diversity and started to write a report – the report on assessment. Knowing diversity (as a whole) and understanding its impact on the teaching and learning process was a fantastic exposure. ‘Making sense’ was my finding – making sense of students, student journey, curriculum, stakeholders, outcomes and so on.

How can I include these factors and aspects in one assessment? A vital question to think about and consider before releasing the assessment brief is – how can we prepare students and mark assessments using a holistic approach? Also, what about the student learning experience? Something more to delve into.

Taking the findings further, I assessed the assessment process and its effectiveness in the context of postgraduate students. Staying within my boundaries, I captured the knowledge of learning outcomes, objectives, assessment and narration of TEF.

Assessing assessment was a bit thicker than assessing students. I still think – aren’t they two sides of the same coin?