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Reassessment. T he potential contribution of student record data to institutional policy-making Student Assessment and Classification Working Group. Structure. Defining the problem Benefits Costs Using institutional (re)assessment data. Defining the problem.
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Reassessment The potential contribution of student record data to institutional policy-making Student Assessment and Classification Working Group
Structure • Defining the problem • Benefits • Costs • Using institutional (re)assessment data SACWG
Defining the problem • Is reassessment worth the cost? • How can mining institutional data contribute to the answer? SACWG
Defining the problem Reassessment = Resubmitting failed coursework, resitting failed examination or retaking whole module. SACWG
Defining the problem SACWG
Defining the problem Passes on reassessment SACWG
Defining the problem SACWG
Defining the problem SACWG
Benefits of reassessment SACWG
The cost of reassessment Contributing factors: • Type of assessment • Number of reassessments as proportion of module population • Administrative overheads • Staff setting/marking time • QA processes • Institutional funding model • Opportunity costs SACWG
Reassessment – an ethical concern Is it right to keep students who, for whatever reason, are struggling to achieve? SACWG
Using institutional (re)assessment data – recording the data MIS considerations • Level at which results held - individual assignment, overall module mark • Which results held - ultimate mark achieved, first and ultimate mark • Whether fails and no shows disaggregated • Automated or manual methods of identifying and retrieving at risk students SACWG
Using institutional (re)assessment data - Interpreting the data Success/failure rates determined by: • Institutional/module regulations • Disciplinary marking cultures • Number and nature of formative and summative assessments SACWG
Using institutional (re)assessment data – applying the data How can you use your institutional data to determine: • Whether your institution should continue to reassess students? • What are the alternatives to reassessment? SACWG
The cost of reassessment Lynette Swift (2012), Assessing the financial viability of academic programmes, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 34:3, 266. SACWG
Contact details Harvey Woolf harvey.w@blueyonder.co.uk SACWG