A paper from education company Pearson says that a “renaissance” in the way schools and colleges assess pupils is needed to ensure that assessment systems are accurate, rigorous and fit-for-purpose.
It claims that existing assessment systems are no longer working and need better alignment with what is being taught in the curriculum.
The essay, entitled Preparing for a Renaissance in Assessment, written by Sir Michael Barber, Pearson’s chief education advisor, and Dr Peter Hill, an internationally renowned assessment expert, argues that schools are “on the verge of big changes” and that the use of new technologies would transform assessment and testing in education.
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