Good assessment programs use a range of strategies and tasks, in varying contexts, to understand what students know and can do.Tasks must also be “fit for purpose”. A task assessing base knowledge will look different from one assessing creativity.

The purpose of assessments

Studying for exams deepens learning. <ul><li>Searching through one's memory and retrieving the relevant information strengthens the memory pathway.</li><li>Learning is particularly strong when students self-test rather than passively learning by rote.</li></ul>

Exams enhance learning

In most disciplines, there are specific bodies of knowledge that students are expected to learn.Exams enable assessors to test the students’ breadth of understanding of topics.

Exams focus on breadth

In recent weeks, students across high school and university classrooms have been breathing sighs of relief. Exams are officially over, and celebrations have begun. For many students, exams seem a necessary evil. Time-consuming yet inevitable. But are exams really necessary? And are they evil?

Exams enhance learning

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