How student assessment increases the learning process: case studies

The paper presents a case study on good assessment practices in the students’ learning process within the university scope. Six professors of most important Catalan public universities have been selected. There has been made an attempt to understand to what extent the selected practices display characteristics that make them practically excellent. Data has been gathered from three main sources: an in-depth interview with professors, a questionnaire applied to their students and the analysis of documents. The purpose was to get an exhaustive understanding of what a good assessment practice consists of and how it may generate better learning for students.