Assessment:

We need a research question:  I think the initial one was something like:

How can assessment be made more useful for students?

Just keep changing the question above until we get what we want.

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Some literature:

The use of self-, peer and co-assessment in higher education: A review

Authors: Dochy, F.¹; Segers, M.²; Sluijsmans, D.³

Source: Studies in Higher Education, Volume 24, Number 3, October 1999 , pp. 331-350(20)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

The growing demand for lifelong learners and reflective practitioners has stimulated a re-evaluation of the relationship between learning and its assessment, and has influenced to a large extent the development of new assessment forms such as self-, peer, and co-assessment. Three questions are discussed: (1) what are the main findings from research on new assessment forms such as self-, peer and co-assessment; (2) in what way can the results be brought together; and (3) what guidelines for educational practitioners can be derived from this body of knowledge? A review of literature, based on the analysis of 63 studies, suggests that the use of a combination of different new assessment forms encourages students to become more responsible and reflective. The article concludes with some guidelines for practitioners. 

Link: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cshe/1999/00000024/00000003/art00006

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