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What value do we ascribe to assessment in a climate that seems to be driven by National Standards? How do we account for individual differences in students?
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
From time to time the New Zealand Council for Educational Research is asked how test results can contribute to making an Overall Teacher Judgement (OTJ). This is an important and complex question and...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Since 1995, New Zealand’s National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) has been responsible for the national assessment of students’ achievement in each of the learning areas in the curriculum. One...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
As National Standards come into force around the country, schools are starting to deal with implementing them in practice. This article explores some ideas about the implementation of National...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Standards, teacher judgement and moderation in contexts of national curriculum and assessment reform
This paper puts forward a proposal for reviewing the role and purpose of standards in the context of national curriculum and assessment reform more generally. It seeks to commence the much-needed...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Assessment for learning (AfL) is widely acknowledged in international research as an effective approach to supporting and promoting learning, but its use in educational settings is not as widespread...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
"What are the conditions required for standards to not only be used to measure improvement but also to inform student learning and teaching for improvement purposes in the context of national...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The New Zealand government’s Crusade for Literacy and Numeracy stipulates that national standards will be set in literacy and numeracy; that every primary and intermediate student will be assessed...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Central to New Zealand National Standards is the concept of overall teacher judgements (OTJs). This paper examines the concepts of OTJs and standards through international literature and experiences...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
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...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: AM2013_5_094.pdf | Content type: Assessment Matters article