Introduction: What is evaluative judgement?

© 2018 selection and editorial matter, David Boud, Rola Ajjawi, Phillip Dawson and Joanna Tai. Henry is a new graduate working in finance. He graduated with excellent grades, and he is delighted to be in his dream job. Henry attributes his success to his skills at negotiating university assessment processes: by the end of his studies he was able to interrogate a rubric and really give his markers what they wanted. But now Henry has been asked to lead a big new report, and his manager hasn’t given him anything that looks remotely like a criteria sheet or marking guide. Henry’s manager is starting to seem frustrated with Henry’s requests for formative feedback on his work in progress.