Summative Assessment in Higher Education: Practices in Disarray.

Knight, Peter T.

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ERIC Number: EJ657701

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Summative Assessment in Higher Education: Practices in Disarray.

Knight, Peter T.

Studies in Higher Education, v27 n3 p275-86 Aug 2002

Explores why summative, or high-stakes, assessment in higher education is in disarray, and why formative assessment therefore needs attention, along with the nature of curriculum in higher education. (EV)

Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Higher Education, Student Evaluation, Summative Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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