Assessment of Learning

Assessment in higher education shapes the experience of students and influences their behaviour even more than the teaching they receive. (Gibbs & Simpson, 2004)

What is Assessment?

Assessment is a central element in the overall quality of teaching and learning in higher education. Assessment of students' learning can take many forms including essays, portfolios, tests, performances, presentations, design proposals, and more.

The quality of assessment procedures can be enhanced at each stage of learning by:

  • Establishing expectations for what students will learn and how they will demonstrate their learning
  • Selecting a type of assessment that matches the learning objectives
  • Ensuring that the assessment type and expectations provides students with ample opportunity to demonstrate their learning
  • Providing specific, timely, and individual feedback to students (Seven Principles of Good Feedback Practice)

Types of Assessment

Formative, Diagnostic, and Summative Assessment

Types of Assessment

Rubrics

Creating and Understanding Rubrics

Creating and Understanding Rubrics

Video

Ideas, Connections, Extensions

Ideas, Connections, Extensions

Video

Purposeful Assessment to Support Intended Learning

Purposeful Assessment to Support Intended Learning

COVID Resource

Designing Remote Final Exams

COVID Resource

Creative Commons Icon showing that you must share who the content is by and that it can't be used commerciallyThis Creative Commons license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon our work non-commercially, as long as they credit us and indicate if changes were made. Use this citation format: Assessment of Learning. Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen’s University