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All classroom teachers make quantitative assessments of how well their students are performing and frequently must combine marks from several different essays, tests, exercises or subjects to obtain...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article uses Wenger’s (1998) theory of communities of practice as a framework to describe the complexities of moderation processes when these processes are intended to support teacher learning...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
The characteristics of performance tasks that make them appealing to students in a low-stakes environment were investigated with data from the National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) of New...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters 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
Assessment for learning (AfL) practices observed in case studies in a North Queensland school were analysed from a sociocultural theoretical perspective. AfL practices of feedback, dialogue and peer...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Before I trot out my starter-kit proposal, however, I need to make sure we are considering the same entity here, so let me first offer a definition of formative assessment and, after that, provide a...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Recent research on school improvement indicates that schools can lift student achievement by using achievement information to work out how to modify their programmes. Robertson Rd School worked...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The main purpose of assessment was once its selection and grading functions. Teachers customarily marked work in order to grade it and to give a position in class. This prompted the question whether...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A study conducted in conjunction with the National Education Monitoring Project examined four different assessment task formats. It found that different formats were appropriate, depending on the...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A survey of the science interests of Year 5 students was attached to Assessment Resource Bank material sent out to schools for trialling in terms 1 and 2, 2001. Overall the results show that there...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article