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Investigating Assessment Standards in the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Kingdom: Challenges for Responsible Research Evaluation

Investigating Assessment Standards in the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Kingdom: Challenges for Responsible Research Evaluation

Sabrina Petersohn, Sophie Biesenbender, Christoph Thiedig
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 41
ISBN13: 9781799821816|ISBN10: 1799821811|EISBN13: 9781799821830
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2181-6.ch003
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Petersohn, Sabrina, et al. "Investigating Assessment Standards in the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Kingdom: Challenges for Responsible Research Evaluation." Shaping the Future Through Standardization, edited by Kai Jakobs, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 54-94. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2181-6.ch003

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Petersohn, S., Biesenbender, S., & Thiedig, C. (2020). Investigating Assessment Standards in the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Kingdom: Challenges for Responsible Research Evaluation. In K. Jakobs (Ed.), Shaping the Future Through Standardization (pp. 54-94). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2181-6.ch003

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Petersohn, Sabrina, Sophie Biesenbender, and Christoph Thiedig. "Investigating Assessment Standards in the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Kingdom: Challenges for Responsible Research Evaluation." In Shaping the Future Through Standardization, edited by Kai Jakobs, 54-94. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2181-6.ch003

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Abstract

The following contribution asks which role standards for research information play in practices of responsible research evaluation. The authors develop the notion of assessment standards against the background of functional standard classifications. The development of semantic and procedural assessment standards in the national research evaluation exercises of the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Italy are investigated using a qualitative case study design. A central finding of the study is that assessment standards incorporate conflicting values. A continuous tradeoff between the transparency of evaluation procedures and provided information as well as the variety of research outputs is being counterbalanced in all countries by compensating a higher level of semantic standardization with lower degrees of procedural standardization.

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