What's happening to assessment in Sociology? A review of current practice

This project reports the results of a national survey of assessment in Sociology supplemented with data from focus groups conducted with sociology students at five universities. The survey attempted to establish what changes have occurred in assessment regimes if any over the past ten years. It also probed what respondents thought were the major pressures for change in the ways in which students are assessed. Current policy places considerable emphasis on the role of students as active learners and this dimension of the project acknowledged this significant policy shift.