A survey was published on DeLiberations in May 1996, asking respondents to reply to nine questions aimed to provoke debate on assessment in universities and colleges. Technology can help us assess students better Other comments and issues for discussion 1. They have a very materialist view of University activity, education for its intrinsic interest seems very low on their priorities. A consequence is many individual items of assessment and elaborate overall assessment criteria. This is not adequate from my point of view.
Intrinsic factors are to be considered as well.
Survey Questions 2. Exams are one of the least successful methods of assessing students ever devised Eleven agreed and eight disagreed with this statement. They are easy to do poorly. They have the advantage of being reasonably successful in ensuring that work for assessment is a student's own. It depends on the design of the exam, but even multiple choice exams do have at least a methodological basis.