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This article describes the use of Rasch measurement to improve criteria-based analytical marking keys. The instruments and data described result from a research project which investigated...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
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 edition of Assessment News we take a close look at the new Supplementary Tests of Achievement in Reading (STAR). In particular, we consider how confident teachers can be in...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2013_1_071.pdf | Content type: Set article
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Despite statistical literacy being relatively new in statistics education research, it needs special attention as attempts are being made to enhance the teaching, learning and assessing of this...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
Assessment for learning (AfL) has been touted as one of the most promising pedagogical approaches for enhancing student learning. Research suggests that engaging students in AfL helps to improve...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters 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
Recent changes to New Zealand’s senior secondary school qualifications include the introduction of standards that allow students to demonstrate evidence of competency in literacy and numeracy via “...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
This paper suggests The New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars for Learners with Special Education Needs and the accompanying booklet, Narrative Assessment: A Guide for Teachers, can potentially transform...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: AM2012_4_110.pdf | Content type: Assessment Matters article
There is limited research to support our understanding of values implementation in New Zealand schools. This article draws on findings from a recent Teaching and Learning Research...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article