Professor Royce Sadler
BSc, BEd, PhD (Qld), MLitt (UNE) Professor of Higher Education
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Academic profile and research expertise
- Assessing student achievement; assessment theory, methodology and policy
- University grading policies and practice; assessment ethics
- Academic standards; standards-referenced assessment and grading
- Feedback and formative assessment
- Assessment theory, methodology and policy
- Educational testing and measurement
- Improving university teaching and learning.
Current and recent projects
- Research and publication program: development of standards-referenced assessment and grading in higher education; using assessment for improving learning.
- Project name (2007): Audit of assessment requirements in 64 first year Griffith University courses. (PDF 516k) Funding: Griffith internal grant, $20,000.
Publications
- Sadler, D.R. (In press). Transforming holistic assessment and grading into a vehicle for complex learning. Chapter in G. Joughlin (Ed) Assessment, learning and judgement in higher education. Springer. (Dec 2008)
- Sadler, D.R. (Online 2008; iFirst). Indeterminacy in the use of preset criteria for assessment and grading in higher education. Assessment and Evaluation in higher education. DOI: 10.1080/02602930801956059
- Sadler, D.R. (2007). Perils in the meticulous specification of goals and assessment criteria. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice. 14, 387 392.
- Sadler, D.R. (2005). Interpretations of criteria-based assessment and grading in higher education. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 30, 175-194.
- Sadler, D.R. (2002). Ah! ??? So That's 'Quality'. In P.Schwartz & G.Webb (Eds). Assessment: Case studies, experience and practice from higher education. London: Kogan Page.
- Sadler, D.R. (1998). Formative assessment: Revisiting the territory. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 5, 77-84.
- Sadler, D.R. (1989). Formative assessment and the design of instructional systems. Instructional Science, 18, 119-144. Republished in W. Harlen (Eds) (2008). Student assessment and testing. Ch 14, Vol. 2, pp. 3-28. London: SAGE.
- Sadler, D.R. (1987). Specifying and promulgating achievement standards. Oxford Review of Education, 13, 191-209.
- Sadler, D.R. (1985). The origins and functions of evaluative criteria. Educational Theory, 35, 285-297.
- Sadler, D.R. (1983). Evaluation and the improvement of academic learning. Journal of Higher Education, 54, 60-79.
- Sadler, D.R. (1981). Intuitive data processing as a potential source of bias in naturalistic evaluations. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 3(4), 25-31.
- Sadler, D.R. (1980). Conveying the findings of evaluative inquiry. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2 53-57.
Service to the Academic Community
- Consultancy for universities on assessment policy and grading.
- Member of Editorial Advisory Board and manuscript reviewer for:
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (UK)
- Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice (UK)
- Journal manuscript reviewing: Educational Assessment (USA); Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (USA); Higher Education (UK); Higher Education Research and Development (AU); International Journal of Testing (USA); Journal of Christian Education (AU); Teaching Education (UK); Australian Journal of Education (AU); The Curriculum Journal (UK).