Personalising assessment in the service of equity.
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| Title: | Personalising assessment in the service of equity. |
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| Authors: | Bennett, Randy E. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Oxford Review of Education. Apr2025, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p243-249. 7p. |
| Subjects: | Formative evaluation, Social skills, Task performance, Functional assessment, Personality |
| Abstract: | Among Broadfoot's many contributions is the four 'C's framework, which includes the insight that one of the social functions of assessment is to impose particular educational content through assessment design. A second insight is that 'An individual's performance on a particular task, cannot be divorced from their human characteristics – from culture, from personality, from motivation – even from the external conditions prevailing at the time the performance is measured'. In this piece, I elaborate on these insights. I note the connection of content with method, and that the interaction of content, method, human characteristics, and external conditions inevitably lead to assessments that may perpetuate inequity. A potential approach to achieving greater equity may be to personalise assessment to the characteristics of the individual and the environments from which they come. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Among Broadfoot's many contributions is the four 'C's framework, which includes the insight that one of the social functions of assessment is to impose particular educational content through assessment design. A second insight is that 'An individual's performance on a particular task, cannot be divorced from their human characteristics – from culture, from personality, from motivation – even from the external conditions prevailing at the time the performance is measured'. In this piece, I elaborate on these insights. I note the connection of content with method, and that the interaction of content, method, human characteristics, and external conditions inevitably lead to assessments that may perpetuate inequity. A potential approach to achieving greater equity may be to personalise assessment to the characteristics of the individual and the environments from which they come. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 03054985 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03054985.2024.2439289 |
