Assessment Plus
Assessment Plus has developed a variety of evidence-based educational resources for students and staff that focus on the use of core assessment criteria to support student learning as well as encourage fairer and more reliable marking.
You can either visit the Assessment Plus website for full information or you can click on the links below for direct access to the following resources available:
- Assessment workshops for students
- Essay feedback form
- Staff development workshop
- Articles on project
Assessment workshops for students
Assessment Plus has developed a series of workshops to support student learning and improve essay writing performance by highlighting the role of assessment criteria.
- Workshop 1: What are assessment criteria?
- Workshop 2: Addressing the question and structuring the answer
- Workshop 3: Demonstrating understanding and developing argument
- Workshop 4: Use of evidence and evaluation
- Workshop 5: Applying the criteria to your own work
Click here to access workshop materials and further background information.
A form which students attach to essays on submission and which is then returned with the marker's feedback has been produced. Alternatively, this form can be used to support peer assessment of essays.
Click here to access feedback form and further background information.
A workshop for staff on how the use of core assessment criteria can facilitate student learning as well as consistent and transparent marking has been developed. Participants have the opportunity to examine central criteria for student writing and the ways in which these criteria can be evidenced in students' work. The following materials are available
- Workshop summary and plan
- Student and staff comments (to use as OHPs)
- Case study
- Overview of core criteria approach
- Core criteria descriptions and guidance notes
- Sample essay
- Marking sheet
- Feedback sheet
- Sample feedback
- Workshop feedback questionnaire
Click here to access workshop materials and further background information.
Articles on project
Harrington, K., Elander, J., Lusher, J., Norton, L., Aiyegbayo, O., Pitt, E., Robinson, H. and Reddy, P. (2006) Using core assessment criteria to improve essay writing, in C. Bryan & K. Clegg (Eds.) (2006), Innovative Assessment in Higher Education (pp. 110-119). London: RoutIedge. ISBN 0-415-35642-3.
Norton, L., Harrington, K., Elander, J., Sinfield, S., Lusher, J., Reddy, P., Aiyegbayo, O. and Pitt, E. (2005) Supporting students to improve their essay writing through assessment criteria focused workshops in C. Rust (Ed.) (2005), Improving Student Learning: Diversity and Inclusivity. Proceedings of the 2004 12th International Symposium (pp. 159-174). Oxford: Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development. ISBN 1-873576-72-2.
These materials are freely available for colleagues to use or adapt, provided acknowledgment is made to Assessment Plus by citing the project website.
