Open assessment

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Open assessment (previously also known as pyrkilo) is a method that attempts to answer the following research question and to apply the answer in practical assessments:

How can scientific information and value judgements be organised for improving societal decision-making in a situation where open participation is allowed?

Open assessment can also refer to the actual making of such an assessment (precisely: open assessment process), or the end product of the process (precisely: open assessment product or report). Usually, the use of the term open assessment is clear, but if there is a danger of confusion, the precise term (open assessment method, process, or product) should be used. In practice, the assessment processes are performed using Internet tools (notably Opasnet) among traditional tools. Stakeholders and other interested people are able to participate, comment, and edit its contents already since an early phase of the process. Open assessment is based on a clear information structure and scientific method as the ultimate rule for dealing with disputes.

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For a brief description about open assessment and the related workspace, see Opasnet.

See also

• Opasnet
• Open Assessors' Network
• Open assessment method
• Opasnet base