Social moderation, assessment and assuring standards for accounting graduates

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dc.contributor.authorWatty, K.
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, M.
dc.contributor.authorHowieson, B.
dc.contributor.authorHancock, P.
dc.contributor.authorO'Connell, B.
dc.contributor.authorDe Lange, P.
dc.contributor.authorAbraham, A.
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractEvidencing student achievement of standards is a growing imperative worldwide. Key stakeholders (including current and prospective students, government, regulators and employers) want confidence that threshold learning standards in an accounting degree have been assured. Australia’s new higher education regulatory environment requires that student achievements are benchmarked against intended programme learning outcomes, guided by published disciplinary standards and a national qualifications framework, and against other higher education providers. Here, we report on a process involving academics from 10 universities, aided by professional practitioners, to establish and equip assessors to reliably assure threshold learning standards in accounting that are nationally comparable. Importantly, we are learning more about how standards are interpreted. Based on the premise that meaning is constructed from tacit experiences, social interactions and intentional reflection on explicit information, we report outcomes of three multi-part calibration interventions, situated around judgements of the quality of the written communication skills exhibited in student work and their related assessment tasks. Qualitative data from 30 participants in the calibration process suggest that they perceive that the process both assists them both in developing a shared understanding of the accounting threshold learning standards and in the redesign of assessment tasks to more validly assess the threshold learning standards.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityKim Watty, Mark Freeman, Bryan Howieson, Phil Hancock, Brendan O’Connell, Paul de Lange and Anne Abraham
dc.identifier.citationAssessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014; 39(4):461-478
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02602938.2013.848336
dc.identifier.issn0260-2938
dc.identifier.issn1469-297X
dc.identifier.orcidHowieson, B. [0000-0002-8162-7512]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/81853
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCarfax Publishing Ltd
dc.rights© 2013 Taylor & Francis
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2013.848336
dc.subjectsocial moderation
dc.subjectevidencing threshold learning standards
dc.subjectaccounting graduates
dc.titleSocial moderation, assessment and assuring standards for accounting graduates
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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