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Assessment Matters 5: 2013

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Author(s): Mary Hill
Author(s): Scott Lee

Whether and how to assess key competencies is a subject of debate and constitutes a main challenge in the implementation of key competencies within the New Zealand curriculum. The use of rubrics...

Author(s): Peter Rawlins

Informal formative assessment practices, which occur as part of the dialogic interactions happening in the everyday classroom, are not well understood by many teachers. The successful...

Author(s): Deborah Bohn and Peggy E. Johnson

Research has suggested that using early literacy data to inform instruction can prevent reading failure. However, little is known about how teachers learn to effectively link their instruction to...

Author(s): Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Leigh N. McCallen and Jeffrey K. Smith

Feedback on students’ written assignments has been deemed critical for improvement. Although teachers’ and students’ views on feedback have been examined, school leaders’ perceptions of what...

Author(s): Martin Thrupp and Ann Easter

This article introduces the Research, Analysis and Insight into National Standards (RAINS) project, a study of how six schools are enacting the National Standards introduced into New Zealand’s...

Author(s): Magnus Levinsson, Henrik Hallström, and Silwa Claesson

In Sweden, systematic reviews have prompted a strong government focus on implementing formative assessment in science and mathematics education. However, the intention behind this investment—to...

Author(s): Alex Gunn, Lorna Gillespie, and Bronwen Cowie

Margaret Carr and Wendy Lee. (2012). Learning stories: Constructing learner identities in early education. London: Sage. 168 pp. ISBN: 9780857020932 (pbk); ISBN: 9780857020925 (hbk); ISBN...