“Sustainable assessment” is about making assessment useful to learning beyond the frame of the course it is related to, not just in terms of retaining the learnt information and skills for longer, but to support future learning. Resource-intensive courses or practices might become more sustainable if they have far-reaching consequences beyond just the course, and really sustainable if they educate self-managing, learning stake-holders who will act responsibly and competently in society in a challenging future. Teachers are likely intending that long-term impact with their teaching already, but how can it also be supported through assessment design? My summary of Boud & Soler (2016) below.

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