Rubrics, Assessment and eProctoring in Education

The move is part of the ministry’s effort to improve the quality of education and research in universities and institutes of higher learning.

To assess problem-solving, creative and critical thinking skills on NAPLAN would fit with broader movements in education internationally, but there are some questions to address first.

Their first NAPLAN online test wasn't free of glitches but students at Annandale North Public School said they preferred it to the pen and paper test.

Universities are dealing with rising levels of essay cheating, but how big a problem is it?

Imagine you're a Princeton University student who's been accused of cheating on a test. 

Maybe you blatantly used your cell phone to lookup answers. Maybe someone accused you of copying them. Or maybe you had an anxiety attack and ran from the room with your exam in hand, technically in violation of the university's revered Honor Code. 

How should you be punished?

After years of Princeton doling out one-year suspensions for first-time violations of its Honor Code, students passed a referendum this fall to reduce the standard penalty for cheating on exams to disciplinary probation -- or so they thought.

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“I need a 10 page essay written on the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. Must have 7 resources.”That’s an example of a request that can be foun

Students are creating 'multiple personalities' to cheat on MOOCs. How do they do that? What are its implications?

There is a significant link between higher temperatures and lower school achievement, says a US study.

New legislation, clearer student communication and increasingly sophisticated technology will be needed in the fight against proliferating “contract cheating” ser­vices, says Anthony McClaran, head of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.

Contract cheating, where essay mills sell students ­bespoke assignments, essays and even doctoral theses, along with fake doctor’s certificates and ­degree authentication certificates, has emerged as a vexed issue for universities in much of the developed world.

Increasingly sophisticated tech­nology, the rise of the “sharing” economy and students who struggle to study in a language not their own have combined to jump-start contract cheating services, and campuses across Australia have been targeted with contract cheating leaflets, posters and ­online communications.

The federal government has been concerned about this trend, and TEQSA was provided with an additional $24.3 million across the next four years, including extra resources for the agency to crack down on contract cheating.

Mr McClaran said he expected the federal Department of Education and Training, with the Council of Australian Governments’ Education Council, would determine whe­ther it was feasible to establish consistent legislation across Australia to ­effectively outlaw the ­provision and advertising of cheating services.

“We support a move in that ­direction,” he said. “There is similar legislation in place in New ­Zealand.”

Certain Australian jurisdictions already have tackled the problem with advertising codes that prohibit the advertising of fraudulent services. “I think the question here is whether that can be brought ­to­gether in a nationally consistent ap­proach to making contract cheating illegal,” Mr McClaran said.

Assessments need to be relevant to the real world and test more complex skills to better predict competency, standards of literacy and teaching.

A teacher seeks answers from researchers and psychologists. 

A BBC Trending investigation has uncovered the selling of academic cheating by YouTube stars on a massive scale.

For the college entrance exams, the online transition proceeds, but it’s complicated.

Computer-based HSC assessments, open-book exams and capping school-based assessments are being investigated under major reforms.

NZQA is working towards offering almost all exams online by 2020.