assists you to make judgements about student achievement at certain relevant
points in the learning process or unit of study (e.g. end of course, project,
semester, unit, year)
• can be used formally to measure the level of achievement of learning outcomes
(e.g. tests, labs, assignments, projects, presentations etc.)
• can also be used to judge programme, teaching and/or unit of study
effectiveness (that is as a form of evaluation).