TY - CHAP AB - Purpose We propose a research design involving the use of Bloom’s taxonomy both in facilitating the teaching–learning process and in the educator assessing students’ final grades. The latter are compared with students’ self-acknowledged grades. Testing is done by considering a sample of accounting students enrolled for the Controlling course in Romania.Methodology/approach The employed research methodology relies on two instruments: a questionnaire and the examination process. Cluster analysis is used in analyzing students’ grades. Determinants of students’ academic performance are discussed by using factor analysis.Findings Comparing students’ self-acknowledged grades with those assessed by the educator, we document the necessity of further work in enhancing students’ ability to better assess their academic performance. Questions belonging to the application and analysis levels seem to be preferred by students.Practical implications We raise a series of theoretical questions in the area of examination performance. The obtained results in relation to the assessment of accounting students’ academic performance and its determinants offer useful insights for accounting educators.Originality/value of chapter Our chapter tests the use of Bloom’s taxonomy in the context of an emerging country’s educational system that lacked consistency and faced significant challenges throughout history. We also consider two measures for students’ academic performance as perceptions upon what should be the same result of the teaching–learning process. The chapter addresses the evolutions and particularities of the Romanian academic environment in the area of economics, developing a brief analysis meant to position the testing of the proposed research design. VL - 13 SN - 978-1-78190-939-3, 978-1-78190-938-6/1479-3563 DO - 10.1108/S1479-3563(2013)0000013017 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3563(2013)0000013017 AU - Bonaci Carmen Giorgiana AU - Mustaţă Răzvan V. AU - Muţiu Alexandra AU - Strouhal Jiří PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/01/01 TI - Assessing accounting students’ academic performance: A case study on Romania T2 - Accounting in Central and Eastern Europe T3 - Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 279 EP - 319 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -