Yes / We describe a study conducted during 2009-12 into innovative assessment practice, evaluating an assessed coursework task on a final year Medical Genetics module for Biomedical Science undergraduates. An authentic e-assessment coursework task was developed, integrating objectively marked online questions with an online DNA sequence analysis tool (BLAST), routinely used by NHS and research professionals. The aim was to combine the assessment of understanding of complex module learning outcomes with real-world authentic skills highly valued in the work place. This approach challenges the oft-heard accusation that online computer-marked tests can lack validity and authenticity in higher education. The study demonstrates the content and construct validity of this form of e-assessment, showing that careful question design, allied with integration with the real life BLAST tool, enables instructors to assess complex higher order understanding, and requires students to demonstrate skills relevant for the work place. A study of three years of test results and measures of internal consistency data also show the reliability of this assessment. In addition, the results of surveys of student opinion, and positive feedback from student module feedback questionnaires suggest that it is effective in terms of face validity.

The diploma thesis is of a theoretical-research nature. The theoretical part deals with an innovative school assessment approach which is required by the current conception of the primary education. The attention is paid to the innovative forms of assessment, especially to the self-assessment and the pupil's portfolio. The aims, the research questions and the methods of the exploration are formulated in the research part. There is a presentation of the results of the research, which was focused on the pupil's portfolio as a means of assessment and self-assessment in the conception of several primary education teachers. The options as well as the difficulties of the portfolio assessment are presented. The final product of the thesis is a summary of recommendations for primary education teachers who would like to start to apply the pupil's portfolio in their teaching practice. Keywords: innovative assessment self-assessment pupil's portfolio authentic assessment feedback primary education