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Despite the excellent research of Janet Emig, Donald Graves and others, the writing process itself is still largely a mystery.
We know that it is a very complex process requiring the mastery of...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Measurement scales allow raw test scores to be converted to locations on an equal-interval scale. This article outlines how these work, how they are numbered and how they relate to...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Research suggests that teachers need a great deal of professional support if they are to acquire and use new knowledge and skills, but within the area of formative assessment teachers have often been...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The evaluation of the Numeracy Exploratory Study at Year 9 in secondary schools in 2001 showed that a programme for assessing, teaching, and reassessing numeracy was both necessary and effective for...
| Year published: 2002 | 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
Earlier this year 225 primary, intermediate and secondary schools took part in a national consultation on the draft national exemplars. Schools effectively trialled the exemplars and provided...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Each year, the National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) engages teachers to work intensively with children administering a wide range of assessment tasks, and to mark children’s recorded...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Research into primary teachers’ assessment and recording practices highlights three approaches to classroom assessment. These are analysed to show how they contribute to both formative and summative...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The significance of formative assessment strategies for student learning has been summed up by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam in their review of all research data from 1988 to 1998. Twenty English...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Not everyone sees a classroom in the same light, as shown in this study of over 2,000 secondary students and their teachers. The questionnaire used is easy to administer and provides important...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article