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MeasuringandComparingAchievementsofLearningOutcomesinHigherEducationinEurope(CALOHEE)OutcomesQuestionnaireMODESOFASSESSMENT IntroductionThisreportoffersthemainoveralloutcomesofthequestionnaireonModesofAssessment.Ithasbeencompletedbyboth InnerandOuterCircle institutions. It isa follow-upof twopreviousCALOHEEquestionnaires:afirstonerelatingtotypicaldegreesofferedinthesubjectareaconcernedandasecondoneontypicaloccupationsobtainedandheldbygraduates,andtypical tasksperformed inthesettingoftheirprofessional life.AsummaryofoutcomesofthesequestionnaireshasbeenpublishedontheCALOHEEwebsite:https://www.calohee.eu.ThepurposeofthissurveyistoserveasinputforthedevelopmentofCALOHEEAssessmentFrameworks and, ultimately, with the development of assessments that help the variousstakeholdersgetuseful (that is tosay,validandreliable) informationaboutwhatstudentsactuallyknowandcandoafteracourseofstudy.Theoutcomesofferinitialinformationaboutwhat kinds of assessments are used at present and which forms will gain most likelyacceptanceinthepolicy,political,andeducationalcontextsinwhichthevariouspartnersoftheCALOHEEprojectareoperating.Thisreportdoesnotcovertheresponsesforeachofthefivesubjectareas.SeparatereportshavebeenpreparedwhichshouldactasinputfortheSecondGeneralCALOHEEmeeting.Athismeetingastartwillbemadewiththedevelopmentof theAssessmentFrameworks foreachofthefivesubjectareasinvolved.Inthequestionnairefirstandsecondcycledegreeprogrammes(bachelorsandmasters)andintegratedmasterprogrammesaredistinguished.BasicinformationThequestionnairehasbeencompletedbyatotalof109respondentsforthefollowingfivesubjectareas:CivilEngineering,EducationandTeacherTraining,History,NursingandPhysics.Notallrespondentansweredallquestions.

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Degreeprogramme(s)forwhichthequestionnairewascompleted:

CharacterisationofHEinstitutionsforwhichthequestionnairewascompleted:

HEtypical/representativeforthoseofitscountry:

Degreeprogramme(s)onofferatHEinstitutionrepresentativeforcomparabledegreeprogrammesinthesubjectareainitscountry:

CurrentModes(forms)ofassessmentThissectionof thequestionnaireoffersan in-depthoverviewandunderstandingof typicalmodes of assessment used at institution today, applied in each of the five subject areasinvolved in the CALOHEEproject, aswell as howassessment is organised in individualHEinstitutionsinthesubjectareasinvolved.(Q9)Nationalauthoritiesset(binding)rulesandregulationsforassessment:

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(Q10)HEinstitutionsetrulesandregulationsforassessment,whichareoutlinedinapolicydocument:

(Q11)Publiclyavailable:

(Q12)Degreeprogramme(s)basedonanassessmentplanortemplate:

(Q13)Assessmentmethodstobeappliedforeachcourseunit,aredecidedby:

(Q14)Itispolicy/obligatoryintheinstitution/departmenttoalignthemodesofassessmentwiththeteachingandlearningstrategiesandmethodstobeappliedforeachcourseunit:

(Q15)Theframeofreferenceforassessmentis:

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(Q16)Inthecasetheframeofreferenceiscriteriabased:

(Q17)Rubricsorscoringcardsareappliedbyteachingstaffintheprogramme(s):

(Q18)Inoneormoreoftheunitsoftheprogramme(s)continuousevaluationorassessmentappliedaseitheraformative*orsummative**modeorbothisapplied:

(Q19)Modesofassessmentusedinprogramme(s),makingadistinctionbetweenBAorMAorintegratedMA:

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(Q20)MostfrequentassessmentmethodsappliedinprogrammesforfirstyearBAandfirstyearIntegratedBA

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(Q21)MostfrequentassessmentmethodsappliedinprogrammesfornextBAyearsandnexttwoyearsofintegratedMA

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(Q22)MostfrequentassessmentmethodsappliedinprogrammesforMAandlastyearsofintegratedMA