1. Effective E-Assessment: Making IT happen E-Assessment in Practice – Nov 2009

2. Overview Definition Building Blocks Checklists Conclusions

3. A Definition – effective assessment 1.adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: 2.actually in operation or in force; functioning: prepared and available for service. Although there are many definitions of assessment, central to all definitions is the making of judgments against defined, usually external, criteria.

4. The Building Blocks (e-Strategy - Harnessing Technology: DfES 2005) Infrastructure Skills Content

5. Skills and confidence Students Readiness to use technology Awareness of e-assessment Staff (internal) The shock of the new – roles & process Staff (external) The ‘hidden team’ partnership Guidelines and rules Senior management Strength and commitment of chain of command

6. Skills – internal and external 2009 @ 1949 Senior Management/Assessors/Authors? Teachers/Staff/Assessors/Authors? Graduates/Workforce of tomorrow FE/Secondary student Primary pupil

7. Infrastructure Scope of deployment Single-site/multi-site Local, regional, national, international Access and reach Platform dependence Capacity and scalability Resilience vs security Web-based vs local install Approval and ‘dummy test’ procedures Technical support Tiered roles – first line, second line Local/remote – hours of service

8. INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL LOCAL Infrastructure: Capacity & Standardisation

9. Content – does it fit? One size does not fit all Subject variance – domain concepts Level variance – Bloom’s taxonomy Mind the gap Transfer, translate, transform Authoring skills and assessment models Drivers - education Reliability and quality assurance Validity and innovation Drivers - business Service improvements, flexibility/availability Cost savings, efficiency, transferability

10. Convergent Assessment Divergent Assessment Performance Evidence Skill Tests What and where?

11. Success Checklist CATEGORY Staff – internal vs external Senior Management commitment Single-site vs multi site Web-based vs local install Technical support model Approval and training options Fit to subject and level Transfer or Transform Educational benefits Business benefits TOTAL

12. Conclusions Credibility - foundation Reliability + validity + trusted service Skills - confidence Training, guidelines and rules Infrastructure - capability Market intelligence Content - fit for purpose Better by design Control – command or cajole Circle of influence

13. Questions