Scoping a vision for formative e-assessment

Project aims:

• summarise the most significant research findings in relation to formative assessment and assessment for learning, 
• summarise the growing work on e-assessment,
   
• survey and analyse prevailing assessment practice in technology-enhanced post-16 contexts (excluding e-portfolios) in relation to the findings from research, 
• compile case studies of existing practice in formative e-assessment in a diverse range of settings, in particular across FE and HE, medical education and adult and community education, and analyse them according to innovative and desirable features,
• delineate a set of key processes involved in effective formative (e-)assessment practice, drawing on key learning design literature, the work of the e-learning framework reference model as well as the case studies,
• delineate a set of key processes involved in effective formative (e-)assessment practice; and
• provide a set of detailed technical requirements for formative assessment systems, components and processes taking account of the above.