Educators have primary responsibility for establishing learning and assessment criteria. Assessment processes should relate to course, program or institutional goals. Goals are clear, concise and understandable to all who need to use them - learners, advisors, assessors, other institutions.
Assessment involves expert judgment based on explicit performance criteria.
Assessment reflects multiple experiences and the use of diverse evidence to maximize the learner's likelihood of success. Assessment includes structured and constructive feedback to the learner, on areas of success and those needing improvement. Self-assessment is essential to good assessment whatever the context. PLA cultivates this as a natural part of the process.