Progress test utopia.

Cees Van Der Vleuten,Carlos Fernando Collares,Adrian Freeman

doi:10.1007/s40037-018-0413-1

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Abstract

This paper discusses the advantages of progress testing. A utopia is described where medical schools would work together to develop and administer progress testing. This would lead to a significant reduction of cost, an increase in the quality of measurement and phenomenal feedback to learner and school. Progress testing would also provide more freedom and resources for more creative in-school assessment. It would be an educationally attractive alternative for the creation of cognitive licensing exams. A utopia is always far away in the future, but by formulating a vision for that future we may engage in discussions on how to get there.

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Progress testing fits with modern constructivist education because it does not reinforce test-directed learning [4] and promotes long-term knowledge and learning methods [5]
We see that schools have successfully introduced progress testing [8], outside medicine [9]
That means that individual schools can still have unique curricula and different learning methods

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Keywords Progress testing · Assessment feedback · School collaboration An innovative way of assessing knowledge through progress testing was introduced in the late 1970 s [1]. A progress test is a comprehensive written test using preferably scenario-based multiple choice items that is periodically administered to all the students in a curriculum. Progress testing fits with modern constructivist education because it does not reinforce test-directed learning [4] and promotes long-term knowledge and learning methods [5].

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