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This paper describes an instance of classroom assessment and then moves on to consider the ways that examples such as this may illustrate, and be informed by, the principles for curriculum decision...
| Year published: 2009 | 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
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
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
If one were to name one year as the year that assessment was invented, that year would be 1980. This proposition is not fully proven here, but a plausible argument is presented in its defence.
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
Charles answers the following questions:
If we pre- and post-test every unit, are we overtesting?
How can we determine whether our students have progressed if we do not test every unit?
Is...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A look at the range of assessment tools available, what they do, and how to select the most appropriate tool for your assessment needs.
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Charles Darr reports on his experience in creating a mathematics test using asTTle, comments on his perceptions, and discusses some of the strengths and weaknesses of this new assessment package for...
| Year published: 2003 | 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
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