Assessment Matters Online First

Within all levels of the education sector there have been increasing calls for culturally relevant and affirming assessment practice. This article reports on an investigation of the assessment experiences of Cook Islands tertiary students. A qualitative approach underpinned by an interpretivist research paradigm was utilised for this study. Three key aspects of the assessment experience were identified. These related to language usage, cultural values, and acknowledgement of affective… Read more

The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the tensions and influences on beginner teachers as they learn to make decisions about assessment in an ethical manner. It focuses on the decisions related to summative assessment, made while working in classrooms. Honig’s concept of dilemmatic space is used as a theoretical framework to highlight the complexity of assessment decision making. Using a qualitative approach, data were gathered through a series of spaced interviews over 20… Read more