The Assessment Ladder Exercise The next slide is a timed animation to illustrate how the exercise is conducted. Please click to begin and a message will be used to illustrate the end of the animation. Please with any queries you may have about the

Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Tutor feedback is the most important Peer assessment never works as students take the “safe” option Individual feedback should be given on examinations Students should be given repeated chances at assessment Stage 1: Place the statement you have been given at your preferred position Stage 2: Once all are placed in position, anyone can move any of the items, explaining why the move has been made Stage 2 Please click the mouse button to move to next slide

Full List of Statements (to cross reference with illustration on next slide) A.Summative Assessment should not be used on undergraduate Year 1 B.For semester based modules it is impossible to complete any assessment before week 4 C.There should only be one piece of assessment per module (Assuming one module equates to 100 hours of student learning) D.Tutor feedback is the most important E.Students only believe written feedback is worth taking note of F.Students should not be told their “marks” G.Students should be given free reign in the format of an assessment (e.g. Essay, exam, presentation) H.Peer assessment never works I.Individual feedback should be given on examinations J.Group feedback is of little value K.Students should compose their own assignment/examination topics L.Plagiarism is endemic nowadays M.Assessment should be organised into small chunks N.All marks should be based on overall group performance O.To be fair all students must be assessed identically P.The same assignment should be used year after year Q.Students could design their own marking schemes R.Students can’t learn much from each other S.Portfolios simply increase marking times T.Students won’t do anything unless it is marked U.Assessment should be left as a surprise in order to stimulate original solutions V.Students these days expect to be told what to do and how to do it W.Assessment must be designed to discriminate between students X.Assessment should measure development above achievement Y.Marks should be allocated to account for participation in the Assessment process Z.Students should be given unlimited repeated chances at assessment

Some Examples of Resulting Ladders Sample of statements used for illustration purposes Example 2: student gpExample 1: staff gp Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree F S E R B K Z O X Q V T P M 0 E)F(B P S T)(R K Q)(X Z V M This group of staff produced a very linear and evenly spaced pattern Whereas this group of students tended to group statements and place them at the extremes