Assessment & Feedback Principles

This statement of principles and purpose provides a framework for assessment and feedback practice in all University of Wollongong degrees at both subject and course level (across all campuses, delivered in any mode). It is based on international, research-based, best-practice models and aligns with the requirements of the Higher Education Standards Framework. It should be read in association with Teaching and Assessment Policy Suite.

Vision

Assessment is critical to the learning and teaching cycle. It involves processes and tasks that, in dialogue with teaching staff and peers, are fundamental to enabling students to develop and demonstrate their learning, to build their capacity to become confident, capable, self-regulating, life- long learners.

Purpose

Assessment tasks and processes fulfil three key roles in student learning:

• facilitate student capacity to meet learning outcomes (formative);
• develop student ability to become confident self-evaluators (sustainable assessment literacy);
• provide evidence of achievement of learning outcomes (summative). 

In complex assessment tasks these roles may overlap.

For more information please see The UOW Assessment & Feedback Principles Collection on the UOW L&T Hub.