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This paper looks at how Portuguese university teachers look at assessment in Higher Education. It focuses on their conceptions and methods of assessment. Data were collected through face to face interviews and online open-ended questionnaires in five Portuguese Public Universities in different fields of knowledge. In total, 57 teachers participated in this study. Findings are presented according to the emerging categories arising from the data analysis: i) university teachers’ conceptions of assessment; ii) most used assessment methods; iii) role of assessment; iv) key moments in which assessment is put into practice. Implications of the findings are discussed. Keywords: Assessment, Higher Education, Teaching, Learning, Assessment methods, Conceptions of assessment. Este articulo analiza como los profesores universitarios portugueses ven la evaluacion en la Educacion Superior. Se centra en sus concepciones y metodos de evaluacion. Los datos fueron recolectados mediante entrevistas cara a cara y cuestionarios online de composicion abierta en cinco Universidades Publicas Portuguesas en diferentes campos del conocimiento. En total, 57 profesores participaron en este estudio. Los resultados se presentan segun las categorias emergentes que surgen del analisis de los datos: i) las concepciones de la evaluacion de los profesores universitarios; ii) el papel de la evaluacion; iii) los momentos clave en que se utiliza la evaluacion; iv) los metodos de evaluacion mas usados. Se discuten las implicaciones de los datos. Palabras clave: Evaluacion, Educacion Superior, Ensenanza, Aprendizaje, Metodos de evaluacion, Concepciones de evaluacion.

Conceptions and Practices of Assessment in Higher Education: A Study of Portuguese University Teachers