Rethinking what is assessed in knowledge-rich qualifications

Rethinking what is assessed in knowledge-rich qualifications

BACK TO ALL BLOGS Rethinking what is assessed in knowledge-rich qualifications by Irenka Suto Researchers in the field of holistic assessment would agree that supporting schools to get learners ready for the future requires much more than assessing strong subject...
What I Learned from My PhD Journey

What I Learned from My PhD Journey

BACK TO ALL BLOGS What I have Learned from my PhD Journey by Dan-Anders Normann As I sit here now, waiting for the evaluation committee to review my PhD dissertation, I finally have the time to reflect on the journey I began five years ago. It was a journey into a...

Should we trust teachers’ practices or standardized tests?

BACK TO ALL BLOGS Should we trust teachers’ practices or standardized tests? by Raphaël Pasquini While students around the world received last summer their report cards and diplomas, in Switzerland, the Federation of Swiss Enterprises (Economiesuisse[1]) recently took...

What should the word ‘holistic’ imply?

BACK TO ALL BLOGS What should the word ‘holistic’ imply? by George MacBride Recent Holistic Assessment SIG seminars have prompted reflection on what we mean by the term ‘holistic’, a word often employed in education as a token of approval without clear definition of...