Rubrics, Assessment and eProctoring in Education

Recent allegations of cheating by university students in online exams suggest the students are adapting faster than the education system itself – and that should change.

An analysis of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has found the gender gap in maths tests increased where papers contained more multiple choice questions.

Gwyneth Hughes. The start of the pandemic in March 2020 caused universities to do a rapid pivot from the well-entrenched invigilated, timed, unseen exams to online tests mostly taken at home. Software can monitor students taking exams in their own homes by using video or proctoring methods, or by locking down the examinee’s computer. But [...]

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Such has been the unquestioning acceptance of the procedure, sitting exams at the end of school is much like alighting from a train when we reach our destination: a necessary station before we go on to the next stage of our lives.

Meet Melissa Fanshawe and Katie Burke, two senior lecturers from the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. These two first met in a Zoom workshop in which they were both pre…

Students at Harvard this term have been taking an honour code where they promise to be honest in exams.

How common is the use of remote proctoring among North American colleges and universities? Should the higher education community be concerned?

Call for student essay-writing services to be outlawed to preserve academic integrity

This is the first of a three-part series on the “cheating economy.” See part two, about new efforts by colleges and governments to try to preven

One medical student told staff they did not attend any part of the work placement at an overseas hospital, but no action was taken.

NZQA’s findings from the 2020 NCEA Online evaluation show that the programme is well supported by schools and students, who continue to strongly enjoy the digital exam experience.

Students were asked to participate in an online survey after each digital exam to measure their self-reported satisfaction and experience. This feedback has been valuable and is already informing the next steps NZQA is taking with digital assessment, in collaboration with schools and the wider education sector.

Psychometric and statistical analysis of results, which was conducted Levels 1, 2 and 3 in English,  Level 1 in History and Level 2 in Business Studies, showed no evidence of disadvantage for those students sitting a digital examination, compared to the paper equivalent.

Interviews with students, tutors, tech workers and university administrators reveal the problems with online exam monitoring systems — but also show they're unlikely to go away.

Cookie-cutter essays may reflect students’ attitude toward the assignment, not their writing ability. Here’s a way to make that stack of grading more rewarding.

Recent examples of school cheating are just more evidence that the problem has gotten worse, and experts blame schools, parents and technology.

Instructors can minimise the opportunity for academic misconduct through careful online assessment design. Sarah Eaton shares five approaches to online assessment that promote academic integrity

An academic journal has retracted an article after an internal investigation by Monash University found a senior research fellow plagiarised a student’s work.

We give you an introduction to the ideas behind learning-orientation, including student engagement with feedback and evaluative expertise.