A Testing Issue: Key skills assessment in Australia |
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| Authors: | Rosemary Clerehan Kate Chanock Tim Moore Anne Prince |
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| Institution: | 1. Language and Learning Services Unit , Monash University , PO Box 10 Clayton Campus, VIC, 3800, Australia;2. Humanities Academic Skills Unit , La Trobe University , Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia;3. Swinburne Graduate Research School , Swinburne University of Technology , VIC, 3122, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Maintenance of academic standards, assessment and monitoring are key tasks for tertiary education, as the system attempts to meet government targets for universal participation. Tertiary education therefore demands more attention to the measurement of outcomes. However, the use of a graduate skills assessment test, we contend--particularly in the form this currently takes in Australia--implies a limited sense of the value added by a university education. We question the validity of national testing both on grounds of its suitability to assess the skills cultivated by university study and on grounds of equity and cultural inclusiveness. |
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