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Charles Darr

Charles Darr
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charles.darr@nzcer.org.nz

Charles is a Senior Researcher at NZCER.

His research interests include:

  • mathematics education
  • test development
  • assessment issues
  • new technologies on reporting and diagnostic functions of testing

Research themes I am interested in

Theme Theme contact person(s)
Assessment tools
Me and my school
PAT
STAR
Student engagement
Teachers workplace survey

Research projects that I am currently leading:

Project Project leader(s) Research theme
Adult literacy and numeracy assessment tool Charles Darr, Graeme Cosslett, Jenny Whatman Adult literacy and numeracy, Assessment tools, Learning at work
Aligning PAT Maths to National Standards Charles Darr Curriculum and assessment, Maths education, National Standards, PAT
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement - Wānangatia Te Putanga Tauira Charles Darr, Chris Joyce, Jacky Burgon Curriculum and assessment, Educational policy; structure and systems, National monitoring
STAR Charles Darr Assessment tools, Curriculum and assessment, STAR
Wellbeing at School Charles Darr, Sally Boyd School governance and management, Student health and wellbeing

Research outputs

Year published Title Publication type Research theme
2011 Can test results help us make Overall Teacher Judgements? Journal article Assessment tools
2011 Errors in test results: The "quick guide" part 1 Journal article Curriculum and assessment
2010 Going beyond achievement: Spreading our assessment net wider Journal article Assessment tools, Curriculum and assessment, Student engagement
2009 Assessment development at NZCER in 2009 Journal article Assessment tools
2009 Commentary: Towards defining, assessing and reporting against national standards for literacy and numeracy in New Zealand Journal article Literacy, Maths education, National Standards
2009 Hitting the roof: Understanding ceiling effects Journal article Assessment tools
2008 Jumping to conclusions: Making too much of one response Journal article Assessment tools, Curriculum and assessment
2008 Standardised testing: Dilemmas and possibilities Conference paper
2008 The role of an online repository of assessment tasks and resources: The place of the Assessment Resource Banks Conference paper
2007 Getting our heads around percentiles Journal article Assessment tools, Curriculum and assessment
2007 Too much testing? Finding the signal amongst the noise Journal article Curriculum and assessment
2006 Frequently asked questions about assessment Journal article Curriculum and assessment
2006 Making sense of measurement scales Journal article Curriculum and assessment
2006 Zooming in on learning in the digital age (ZILDA): Report 1: Zooming in on 'digital' age learners Research report ICT, Schooling for the future, Student engagement
2005 A hitchhiker's guide to reliability Journal article Curriculum and assessment
2005 A hitchhiker's guide to validity Journal article Curriculum and assessment
2005 Five questions worth asking about self-regulated learning Journal article Curriculum and assessment, Student engagement
2005 Self-regulated learning in mathematics classes Journal article Maths education
2004 Dusting off the Teacher's Manuals Journal article Assessment tools, PAT, School governance and management, STAR
2004 Self-regulated learning in the mathematics class Conference paper
2003 asTTle: An Early Exploration of New Technology for Teachers Journal article Assessment tools, ICT
2003 The Band-Aid Strip Journal article Maths education, Student engagement
2003 The MEANING of “EQUALS” Journal article Maths education