RECORDING ACHIEVEMENT - THE TENSION BETWEEN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC-STANDARDS

This paper examines the development of Records of Achievement and the use of portfolios as frameworks for the assessment of prior learning f rom work and other experiences. It overviews developments in schools, further and higher education and professional practice and examines th e rationale for recording achievement in higher education and the impl ications for assessment practice. The paper includes a proposed format for a higher education record of achievement developed during a recen t project run by the South East Education Consortium (SEEC): Guideline s for Credit and a Regional Credit Agency.