Measurement Effect

Assessment Shapes Outcomes

Research Principle: Observation, classification and assessment are interventions within institutional systems. The methods, categories and perspectives used to evaluate a situation can influence the system being evaluated and the outcomes subsequently considered possible.
Research interpretation: The Measurement Effect uses a quantum concept as a formal and conceptual resource for modelling reflexivity. It does not claim that institutional observation constitutes physical quantum measurement.

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Context-Dependent

Assessment frameworks foreground some perspectives and categories over others, influencing how problems and possible outcomes are represented.

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Observer Effect

The assessor's position, methods and assumptions can influence which values become visible, authoritative or actionable.

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Value Construction

Assessment can participate in constructing and legitimising particular accounts of value rather than simply recording a single pre-existing value.

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Power Dynamics

Who conducts assessment and whose frameworks are used determines whose values become legitimized.

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Reflexivity Required

Ethical assessment demands acknowledging and accounting for the assessor's role in shaping outcomes.

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