Review of Advanced e-Assessment Techniques (RAeAT): final report

There is exciting and effective practice in e-assessment in [higher education institutions] HEIs in the UK but take-up is patchy. This is due to a number of well-rehearsed factors but there are signs that progress being made in the development of e-assessment packages may encourage the take-up of these techniques more widely. The aim of this project is to provide the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and its community with a review of state-of-the-art techniques in e-assessment which should be considered for application in UK higher education (HE) and further education (FE) settings. This review will contribute to other programme work to define and develop a roadmap of e-assessment research and development activities. The objectives of the study are to: develop a picture of the breadth of advanced e-assessment techniques in use around the world, and undertake a technical and educational evaluation of a selection of the most promising; present short case studies describing the technical, educational and operational details of a selection of the most significant examples; look at wider generic technologies and investigate how and when these might be applied to e-assessment; and draw conclusions about how the most relevant of these could be applied to UK FE and HE settings, and provide advice to JISC and its community about [how] such application could be developed.

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