Crisis? What Crisis? Interpreting Student Feedback on Assessment

Autor/in	Buckley, Alex
Titel	Crisis? What Crisis? Interpreting Student Feedback on Assessment
Quelle	In: Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 7, S.1008-1019 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Buckley, Alex)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-2938
DOI	10.1080/02602938.2020.1846015
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; National Surveys; Student Surveys; College Students; Student Attitudes; Student Evaluation; Scores; Educational Quality; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Feedback (Response); Bias; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Großbritannien
Abstract	Much is made of students generally rating assessment lower than other aspects of their educational experience. It is frequently cited in research literature as evidence for a general crisis in assessment, and it strongly influences institutional enhancement efforts and media coverage of student feedback. Focusing on the UK's National Student Survey, this paper draws on a range of published empirical research to argue against the idea that relatively low scores for assessment-related survey questions indicate a general problem with assessment. Students tend to rate the quality of assessment lower when they are unhappy with the assessment outcome, and students tend to be unhappy with assessment outcomes. We therefore shouldn't be surprised at the relatively low scores for assessment-related questions. This does not mean that there isn't a general problem with assessment in higher education, just that low scores for assessment questions in student surveys aren't good evidence for it. Researchers should cite better evidence of problems with assessment quality; institutions should think more carefully before focusing enhancement efforts on assessment; and we should all generally be much more cautious about interpreting the results of quantitative student surveys. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01