Ipsative Assessment

Gwyneth Hughes is Reader in Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She is a co-author of Learning Transitions in Higher Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

1. A Fresh Look at Assessment 2. The Purposes of Assessment: Competition and Social Selection 3. Assessment for Learning: In the Shadows? 4. The Effects of Competition on Assessment for Learning 5. Exploring Ipsative Assessment 6. Making the Case for Ipsative Assessment: Assessment for Learning Revisited 7. Two Case Studies of Ipsative Assessment in Academic Setting 8. A Dual Systems Model of Assessment: Lessons from Doctoral Supervision 9. Leading Innovation and Change in Educational Settings: The Challenges of Assessment Reform 10. Institutional Case Study of Innovation in Assessment 11. Ipsative Assessment as a Feasible Utopia