SDU Universitetspædagogik

Assessment criteria

All types of exams are assessed according to the assessment criteria below. Each criterion is accompanied by a description of the criterion plus a schematic diagram of how the individual methods of assessment are evaluated in relation to it.

You can click through for more information on the individual criteria and to see a brief assessment of the types of exam. For further information, please read the assessment form under the individual types of exams.

• Validity
• Reliability
• Backwash effect from testing to teaching
• Resources
• Digitisation
• Acceptance

The assessment criteria have been developed in light of the following:

• Andersen, H. L., & Tofteskov, J. (2008). Eksamen og eksamensformer – betydning og bedømmelse [Examination and types of examination – significance and marking]. Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur.
• Arbejdsgruppen vedrørende prøveformer ved AU [working group on types of exams at AU] (2008). Report on assessment methods– requirements and implementation. Downloaded 23 September 2011
• Bachman, L. F. (2002), Alternative Interpretations of Alternative Assessments: Some Validity Issues in Educational Performance Assessments. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 21: 5–18.
• Stockfors, J. et al. Examination – en exempelsamling [a collection of specimens]. Vanliga och mindre vanliga sätt att värdera studieresultat [common and less common ways of assessing study outcomes]. Downloaded 23rd September 2011

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