Formative and shared assessment in higher education. Lessons learned and challenges for the future

Feedback and Assessment in the New Kindergarten Teacher Education in Norway

“…Findings that suggest a tacit, private and low-priority assessment culture also correspond with results from current assessment research, which has uncovered challenges associated with efforts to establish new contexts and cultural expectations for assessment [8,10,11,[15][16][17]. These researchers emphasize that if the goal is to implement new and improved assessment routines, there is a need for greater discussion between management and the teaching staff with respect to objectives, resources, learning perspectives and assessment tools.…”

“…This interpretation is underpinned by students' difficulties in describing assessment routines, and by pedagogy teachers' description of assessments as tacit and depending on the teacher's conscience. The finding of a tacit practice corresponds with research findings revealing that the implementation of new feedback and assessment practices have proven challenging [8,10,11,16].…”

“…Lopez-Pastor and Sicilia-Camacho include both English and Spanish articles in their review of studies on formative and shared assessment in higher education. They highlight that although there is an extensive body of research supporting the notion that formative and shared assessment practices enhance students' learning and professional development, their review reveals that the implementation of such feedback and assessment practices have proven difficult [8]. Schneider and Preckel have conducted a meta-analysis on students' achievement in higher education, focusing on both teaching and assessment practices.…”

“…There is a general agreement that feedback and assessment are essential for students' learning and development [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], but authors also point out that much assessment work is still characterized by control rather than focus on learning. Several authors [7][8][9][10][11][15][16][17] emphasize the importance of establishing a cooperation and learning oriented assessment culture, known as formative assessment, as an alternative to the traditional summative assessment culture.…”

“…Several authors [7][8][9][10][11][15][16][17] emphasize the importance of establishing a cooperation and learning oriented assessment culture, known as formative assessment, as an alternative to the traditional summative assessment culture. However, formative assessment represents a paradigm shift in education.…”