Flexible assessment

Flexible assessment

Assessment description

Flexible assessment is competency-based, the students choose their preferred method of assessment to prove how they have met the learning outcomes of the course. There are multiple ways to be flexible in assessment such as flexibility in timeline, weighting (plussage), and format. You can read more about the multiple forms of flexibility in assessment in OER Forward with FLEXibility, chapter Flexibility in assessment which is the second resource listed.


Taxonomy and type

Blooms’ cognitive levels:  Analyze, Create 

Assessment type:  Summative 

Source of assessment

York University: Teaching Commons

Page 20 of PDF, includes rubric, examples and guides

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