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Resits in Higher Education: Merely a Bar to Jump Over, or Do They Give a Pedagogical "Leg Up"?
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Proud, Steven – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
When students fail an examination at the end of their first year, they are offered a resit examination, which they merely need to pass to progress into the second year. These resits anecdotally provide a dual purpose of testing that students have achieved the required level of attainment to progress, and incentivising additional effort. This paper…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Promotion, Microeconomics, Achievement Gains
A Response to an Article Published in "Educational Research"'s Special Issue on Assessment (June 2009). What Can Be Inferred about Classification Accuracy from Classification Consistency?
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Bramley, Tom – Educational Research, 2010
Background: A recent article published in "Educational Research" on the reliability of results in National Curriculum testing in England (Newton, "The reliability of results from national curriculum testing in England," "Educational Research" 51, no. 2: 181-212, 2009) suggested that: (1) classification accuracy can be…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Educational Research, Testing, Measurement
Implications for Course Design of Failure and Retrieval Rates in Initial Teacher Education.
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Stones, Edgar; Webster, Harry – Educational Research, 1984
Reports the findings of an investigation into student teacher failure in final teaching practice in training institutions in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Few students who complete a course of training fail. Reasons for this finding are discussed. A reappraisal of the approach to the final assessment of teaching practice is suggested. (CT)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Failure, Formative Evaluation, Pass Fail Grading