5.1 Standards based, criterion-referenced assessment
Assessment marking and grading will be criterion-referenced and will use standard-based grading. Criteria and standards of achievement are set in advance of teaching and assessment. Student performance is evaluated according to those criteria and set standards.
5.2 Number and weighting of assessment tasks
The assessment schedule for any one 10 credit point unit must be limited to a maximum of three assessment tasks. Unless justified and approved by the relevant Committee, no individual assessment task should have a weighting of more than 50 percent of the total assessment in a unit.
5.3 Hurdle tasks
Hurdle tasks may be included within individual units as compulsory requirements that must be met in order to pass the unit. Hurdle tasks need to be pedagogically justified.
5.4 Requirements to achieve a pass
Achievement of a pass in all individual assessment tasks in a unit (other than hurdle tasks) is not normally a prerequisite for passing in the unit overall. Exceptions are when the task is related to an otherwise unassessed learning outcome and/or required discipline specific competency standards. In such cases the requirement to pass specific individual items of assessment in order to pass the unit must be clearly stated in the Unit Outline.
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Page last updated: 2017-06-27
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/803022