Measuring equitable assessment workloads

What is it about?

Measuring the amount of assessment set in each course provides a basis on which to determine equitable and appropriate workloads for students and staff across disciplines and to use institutional budgets and staff time to best effect. It is more difficult than it might at first appear to select metrics appropriate to this task. This article considers four options.

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Why is it important?

Educators and managers frequently make choices pertaining to how much and what forms of assessment to use. And yet we don't have easy metrics by which to compare assessment loads of either staff or students. This paper aims to spark debate amongst readers on the measurement of assessment loads and the appropriate ratio of staff to student time to be devoted to assessment.