1. Why?
1.1. Of/ For/ As
1.1.1. Assessment For Learning
1.1.2. Assessment Of Learning
1.1.3. Assessment As Learning
1.2. Diagnose
1.3. Select
1.4. Certify
1.5. Evaluate
1.6. Rank/Order
1.7. Motivate
2. Grading
2.1. Aggregation/ Disaggregation
2.1.1. Profiles
2.1.2. Overall mark/grade
2.2. Marking schemes/ Rubrics
3. Feedback
3.1. Why feedback comments?
3.1.1. Justify a mark
3.1.2. Encourage
3.1.3. Acknowledge good work
3.1.4. Indicate areas for improvement
3.2. Syunchronous (realtime) or Asynchronous?
3.3. Comment only marking
3.4. Cognitive and affective
3.4.1. Cognitive overload
3.5. Feedback dialogue
3.6. Feed forward
4. Where?
4.1. Invigilated examinations
4.2. Homework assignments
4.3. Classwork
4.4. Online assessment?
5. Principles
5.1. Valid
5.1.1. Measures what it should measure
5.1.2. No more (Don't require unnecessary skills/knowledge)
5.1.3. No less (Strive for good coverage of curriculum)
5.2. Reliable
5.2.1. Inter rater
5.3. Fair
5.4. Practical
5.4.1. Cost effective?
5.4.2. Sufficient time?
5.5. Authentic (Real life)
5.6. Learner centred
6. Assessment overview
7. Constructive Alignment (Biggs)
8. How?/Methods
8.1. Assessment strategy/plan
8.2. Practical
8.2.1. Product
8.2.2. Process
8.3. Written
8.3.1. Closed questions (Objective?/Convergent)
8.3.1.1. Multi Choice (choice)
8.3.1.1.1. Hard to design
8.3.1.1.2. Easy to mark
8.3.1.1.3. Amenable to computer deployment
8.3.1.1.4. Pass by lucky guess?
8.3.1.2. Matching block (choice)
8.3.1.3. Short answer (production)
8.3.1.4. Completion (production)
8.3.2. Open questions (Subjective?/Divergent)
8.3.2.1. Essay
8.3.2.1.1. Easy to set
8.3.2.1.2. Problematic to mark
8.3.2.1.3. Rubrics?
8.3.3. Portfolios (multiple)
8.3.3.1. Good coverage of curriculum
8.3.3.2. Timing - continuous assessment
8.4. Oral
8.4.1. Same as written?
8.4.2. Literacy?
8.4.3. Language learning
8.4.4. Evidence/recording?
8.4.5. Presentation
8.4.6. Performance
8.5. Other artefacts
8.5.1. Video
8.5.2. Web artefact
8.5.3. Audio
8.5.4. Other
9. Reference standard
9.1. Criterion reference
9.2. Norm reference
9.3. Ispsative
10. When?
10.1. Before
10.1.1. Selection
10.1.2. Baseline
10.2. During
10.2.1. Continuous assessment
10.2.2. Formative
10.3. After
10.3.1. Terminal exams
10.3.1.1. Invigilated
10.3.1.2. Controlled
10.3.1.3. Valid?
10.3.2. Projects
10.3.3. Dissertations