Summative assessment takes place after learning has been completed
and provides information and feedback that sums up the teaching and
learning process. Typically, no more formal learning takes place at
this stage, other than incidental learning from feedback and results.
If a student fails a summative assessment, they are usually granted an opportunity to re-take the assessment. They are also often awarded a capped grade - i.e. they cannot be awarded a mark above a predetermined level, and this will therefore influence the overall grading of their degree.
If the student passes an assignment first time - is it right to then allow them a chance to get a better grade (i.e. resubmit), if there is no complaint about the original award?
Dear Nicholas
In India Most of the University allowed to enhance your grade under the process of 'IMPROVEMENT".
IMPROVEMENT exam is given by person, who got less marks and want to improve his/her scores in final grade card.
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Both of the answers given would seem to support this approach. How does this tie in with the idea of summative assessment (as opposed to formative) - for example, if I want to know how someone performs against set criteria, after an equal learning opportunity that has been given to the whole group? If a student gets the chance to sit the final assessment, have a good look at it, learn from the experience, then re-sit in order to get a better grade, should the initial assessment not be set as part of the formative learning process, rather than as having two bites of the cherry? How about students who do quite well & settle for their award - they too would probably do better on a second attempt. Should we ensure that all students repeat summative assessments to ensure parity? Are the overall reported grades for a unit skewed in favour of systems (& faculty) that allow re-takes for the sole purpose of getting a student a better grade? How do we fairly evaluate international HE performance across mixed systems ... ?
I am not necessarily against such systems, but I have never encountered them before.
Our institute's policy is that a student cannot resubmit a marked assessment that achieved a pass mark. Under very limited circumstances they may have a second attempt at doing an assignment that did not gain an initial pass mark, but the maximum mark they can achieve is 50%.The re-assessment task would not be identical to the original assessment. This is not available beyond the first year of an undergraduate degree. If a student fails an exam there is no second chance. Depending on the loading of the exam within the course, they may have to re-enroll in the course.
HE in Bhutan also does not allow a student to improve summative grade for various reasons which among others include faculty time and resources. In case of assignment, we do ask students to re-do if they fail to get the pass mark. But as mentioned by Jillian above, no matter how well a student does in the re-assessment- he/she will be awarded only the pass mark.
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