The etymological root of assessment is based on late Middle English: from Old French assesser, based on Latin assidere ‘sit by’ (in medieval Latin ‘levy tax’), from ad- ‘to, at’ + sedere ‘sit’. Meta + Assessment thus serves as a term for reflection on this verbal form of discussion, put simply: an assessment of assessment.
How do we assess work today? How do we assess the process of assessment in arts institutions? Assisting UAL Graphic Design course director Tracey Waller with her scholarship research The Ideal Press was commissioned to produce an 'artefact' responding to her research topic.
This research project has developed from the piloting of a dialogue-based assessment tutorial. Where the tutor(s) and student sit together to evaluate and grade the learners work. This workshop invite’s tutors & students to sit down & work together to create new models to evaluate learning.
Tracey Waller has an MA in Graphic Design from the Royal College of Art, a degree from Central Saint Martins and over 14 years experience of working as a motion graphic designer for major TV stations and production companies. She now teaches