The Integrated Quality Assessment (IQA) in China is an officially mandated system that uses student self-assessment in addition to information provided by tests and examinations and other sources to make judgements about student achievement across a range of qualities. Officially, this system of assessment serves two purposes: to help students…

Participant-observation in two classes at a large initial teacher education institution in New Zealand found that undergraduate students spent a considerable amount of time discussing matters related to their assignments and the assessment of their work. Two quite distinct types of engagement, specific to each class, were noted. In one class, the…