**1.4 The outcome**

The assessment was undertaken by first year undergraduates in eight different sites inclusive of the main campus. Of the eight sites, four have been used for this analysis as there is available date to compare performances.

For the main campus, in the 2020/2021 academic year, the lowest grade on the unit was 10% and highest 75%. Half of the class scored between 42% and 58%. For the 2021/2022 academic year, the highest grades went up with more students scoring

**Figure 2.**

*This shows that there were similar issues at Campus A with more fails in 2021/2022 with the new assessment.*

#### **Figure 3.**

*Drop is highest grade in 2021/2022 with the new assessment and average grade worse that previous year.*

**Figure 4.**

*Slight improvement observed from this cohort with a better performance on average.*

in the upper quartile range, but fail grades increased. The average grade was 45.4 in 2021/2022 compared to 48.1 in 2020/2021. There were however more students in the 2020/2021 cohort (128) when compared to the 2021/202 cohort (95 students) which suggests that grades worsened overall (**Figure 1**).

**Figures 2**–**4** show the comparison of the performance across the three other campuses. Overall, the patterns are similar to that of the main campus. Increased grade levels but more fails overall.
