Value added assessment can be made in many instances, and can be beneficial. This is particularly useful in online education as student growth can be identified. Working with rubrics can be beneficial to everyone as it gives students knowledge of what will be graded (often not the specific answer, but how it was presented) and gives instructors places to point out strengths and weaknesses of a given answer.
Having revised two courses in very different circumstances, all types of evaluation are valid. Instructors need to be constantly evaluating the student population (it changes from class to class) response and pay attention to what works, or doesn't. Get feedback from students as often as possible.
