How will assessment change over the next 5-10 years? Will it change to be more accessible? More secure? Will it be more closely aligned to what a learner will experience in their career? Will automation play a role? Will we see more and new forms of continuous or even lifelong assessment? Jisc has recently launched a report, The future of assessment: five principles, five targets for 2025, that explores these issues and what role Education 4.0 technology might play in changes to assessment. A presentation by Andy McGregor, director of edtech, Jisc.

1. Future of assessment
Andy McGregor

2. Future of assessment2
Future of assessment
jisc.ac.uk/reports/
the-future-of-assessment

3. Five targets for five years
Future of assessment3
Greater focus on
transferable
skills assessed
in a realistic way
Universal design
for all
assessments
A balance
between
automated and
human marking
and feedback
With widespread
use of data
insights to make
assessment
more effective
Adoption of
authoring
detection,
biometric id and
remote
proctoring
Authentic Accessible Appropriately
automated
Continuous Secure

4. Pre-mortem
• 2 mins to individually think about your reasons
• 13 mins discussion on your tables to identify your number
one reason
• You may want a backup reason or two in case another table
identifies the same reason.
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The year is 2030 – the targets from the Jisc and Emerge reports
have not been met. Assessment is largely the same as in 2020.
Why has there been so little change?
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5. Future of assessment5

6. Ideas
• 2 mins to individually think about your ideas
• 13 mins discussion on your tables to identify your number
one idea
• You may want a backup idea in case another table comes
up with the same idea
6
What can institutions or individuals do in order to meet the
targets from the future of assessment report by 2025?
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7. Future of assessment7

8. Enter corona
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9. How has assessment changed?
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Exams
cancelled
throughout
education
Most common
replacement
seems to be
open book
exams
Some
institutions using
one end of year
assessment
across all
modules
Many institutions
converting to
coursework
wherever
possible?
Some
institutions
exploring e-
proctoring – but
some
controversies
An end to exams Open book Capstone
assessments
Conversion to
coursework
E-proctoring

10. Question 1
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• We will then spend a few minutes discussing the
responses
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How have you seen assessment change due to the pandemic?
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11. Question 2
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• We will then spend a few minutes discussing the
responses
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What impact have the changes had on students and staff?
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12. Question 3
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• We will then spend a few minutes discussing the
responses
12
Which of these changes will last?
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13. Question 4
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• We will then spend a few minutes discussing the
responses
13
What one thing would have made it easier to cope with
assessment changes due to the pandemic?
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14. Question 5
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• We will then spend a few minutes discussing the
responses
14
What would you like the future of assessment to look like in a
year’s time? How about 5 years?
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15. Question 6
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• We will then spend a few minutes discussing the
responses
15
What do you think will prevent us getting to that future?
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16. Question 7
• Type your answers into the chat
• We will then spend a few minutes discussing the
responses
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What is the one thing we can do to help us be prepared for the
future of assessment?
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17. Things to look out for in the future
• A new report on Assessment in 2030 by Jisc, Emerge and
QAA will be released in May. This will focus on responding to
the pandemic and learning from that to plan for the long term
• At Jisc we are working on an idea around student’s reflecting
on feedback from assessment. Please get in touch if you’re
interested in this area
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18. customerservices@jisc.ac.uk
jisc.ac.uk
Thank you
Andy McGregor
Director of edtech
Andy.mcgregor@jisc.ac.uk
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T 020 3697 5800
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