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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
In this article, Yvonne, a junior school teacher, describes how she decided to explore how key competencies could be integrated into the daily programme, and assessed, without creating extra workload...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Test scores reduce complex phenomena, such as achievement in mathematics or ability to comprehend a written text, to numbers. If a test has done a good job of testing what it was designed to assess,...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
What could we be looking for in student work when it comes to summative assessment? This article explores some of the challenges related to assessment in social studies. It then traces some of the...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Feedback is a key component of assessment for learning. This study explored whether a sample of students in Years 3–6 understood their teachers' feedback. The results showed some mismatch between...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Are the tests normed?
Why aren’t reading ages given in the new tests?
How can we report to parents?
Is there a specific test for each year group?
How can we use...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
These days we are keen to make the most of our test data, particularly when it comes to informing next steps for teaching and learning. Sometimes we may examine how students have responded to...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A series in which we ask a leading researcher to distil three key ideas from their work over the years.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Assessment and tracking progress in technology education can be a challenge in intermediate schools. The authors show how a rubric may be a possible solution.
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Traditionally, the beginning of the school year sees a flurry of assessment activity. In many schools this includes the use of standardised tests such as the Progressive Achievement Tests...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article