Towards Standardised Summative Assessment in a Neonatal Online Training Programme

Towards Security Requirements in Online Summative Assessments

Confidentiality, integrity and availability (C-I-A) are the security requirements fundamental to any computer system. Similarly, the hardware, software and data are important critical assets. These two components of a computer security framework are entwined; such that a compromise in the C-I-A requirements may lead to a compromise of the critical assets. The C-I-A requirements and the critical...

Summative assessment of vocational training: to be required by law.

605 Research papers this month Editorials 607 Your new-look Journal Alastair F Wright 608 Summative assessment of vocational training: to be required by law Denis Pereira Gray 610 Refining the MRCGP David Haslam Original papers 613 Counsellors in primary care in Southampton: a questionnaire survey of their qualifications, working arrangements, and casemix Andrew Clark, John Hook and Kenneth Ste...

Summative assessment: a historical perspective.

Best practices in summative assessment.

The goal of this review is to highlight key elements underpinning excellent high-stakes summative assessment. This guide is primarily aimed at faculty members with the responsibility of assigning student grades and is intended to be a practical tool to help throughout the process of planning, developing, and deploying tests as well as monitoring their effectiveness. After a brief overview of th...

Formative and Summative Assessment: A cybernetic viewpoint

This paper considers alternative assessment, feedback and cybernetics. For more than 30 years, debates about formative and summative assessment have served as surrogates for discussions about the workings of the mind, the social implications of assessment and, as important, the role of instruction in the advancement of learning. Currently, alternative assessment lives uneasily with its classica...