Fascinating article by Ben Wilbrink (1997) that traces the evolution of assessment approaches, mainly in higher education, from mediaeval times. In the process this offers some intriguing insights into how universities themselves, and the pedagogies with which we are familiar, evolved.
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Thanks for sharing that illuminating article!
I liked it too. I have a fascination with how we reached the educational system we are in now, at least partly because so much of it seems arbitrary, contingent and path-dependent, and so little of it has to do with our purported purpose (the learning bit). It is particularly interesting that a university like ours, that doesn't have the same constraints as older place-based ones, follows the same kind of patterns. Another favourite is Norton's Readings in the History of Education - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15005 and I am currently quite enjoying reading Rait's Life in the Medieval University - http://manybooks.net/titles/raitr2095820958-8.html