The document outlines a presentation by Dr. Dawne Irving-Bell at the 23rd Annual SEDA Conference focused on supporting staff in higher and further education to enhance assessment literacy. It discusses development strategies, tools, outcomes, and includes activities to determine best practices for assessment design and implementation. The session emphasizes collaboration and ongoing discussions to establish baseline standards for assessment literacy among staff and students.

1. Making Assessment Work
Presented by Dr Dawne Irving-Bell
23rd Annual SEDA Conference 2018
Supporting staff to meet increasing challenges in Higher and Further Education
15th – 16th November 2018, Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham
Dr John Bostock, Claire Moscrop and Dr Dawne Irving-Bell

2. Introduction
• Development strategies used at EHU
• Tools used
• Outcomes so far
• Discussion activity – what works? What should be the
‘Baseline’ of staff assessment literacy?
• Plenary
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3. Development strategies
• Working groups – e.g. assessment literacy - outline
• Research projects – Staff and student understanding
of assessment literacy development
• NSS project regarding student perceptions of
assessment questions.
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4. Tools/Methods used
• CPD sessions
• Bespoke Sessions – Assessment, feedback,
etc
• Self-assessment tools
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5. Outcomes so far
• Example wins – e.g. assessment session for Nursing,
Growing number of depts asking for Bespoke sessions
• Assessment literacy project – results – ongoing work
• Discussions with quality unit regarding embedding
discussion of assessments in the quality process
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6. Discussion Activity
• What has worked in your institution in regard to the
development of assessment literacy and the quality of
assessment design and implementation?
• If you were to develop a ‘baseline’ of practice in terms of
assessment design and assessment literacy development
(for staff and students), what would be on it?
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7. Plenary
• Sharing the discussions’ results
• Conclusions
• Any Questions?
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Dr John Bostock
@BostockBostock
Claire Moscrop
@Tigmoscrop
Dr Dawne Irving-Bell
@belld17