La formazione dei docenti universitari alla valutazione. Esperienze e riflessioni critiche

In Italy, due to the actions of the National Agency for the Evaluation of the University System (ANVUR), faculty development programs have been developed in several universities; these frequently include teachers’ training in learning assessment. This training often seeks to foster new assessment tools, which are better aligned with the learning outcomes stated in university course programs (syllabi). This contribution aims to critically analyze the evaluation models most commonly used in Italian universities, which significantly affect future schoolteachers’ evaluation practices and, more generally, other professionals’ practices. Concurrently, we seek to critically analyze a few experiences of university training in assessment, as documented in the Italian literature. We aim to understand whether faculty development tends to confirm the old models of evaluation, even when proposing new assessment tools, or whether faculty development is pushing teachers toward new ways of thinking about evaluation, which aim to support and promote learning and participation.