Faculty found that peer assessment allowed them to foster a collaborative learning environment and gave instructors the opportunity to shift to a mentoring role.
See a peer-reviewed paper on the efficacy of peer scoring on Kritik that found that weighted peer grades strongly correlated to how the instructor would grade.
This research paper describes the benefits and accuracy of the peer assessment process on Kritik for a range of pedagogical approaches and learning styles.
This research paper shows how peer assessment tools put students at the center of their learning as they learn to give critical and helpful feedback to each other.