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Assessment that matters: The transformative potential of narrative assessment for students with special education needs

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

Issues of culture and assessment in New Zealand education pertaining to Māori students

Author(s): Mere Berryman, Russell Bishop

Assessment, much like learning, is interactive, social and contextual. New information and experience is understood and assimilated in relation to prior knowledge and experiences. While it is...

| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

The development and trial of Māori language tools for assessing oral language from Years 1 to 3

Author(s): Mere Berryman

Māori language education settings have resulted in teachers requiring efficient ways to identify the oral Māori language proficiency of students at the beginning of Māori-immersion schooling and...

| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Developing a curriculum for assessment education

Given the recent movement toward standards-based education there is a heightened need for teacher competency in the area of assessment and evaluation. However, despite demands for teacher assessment...

| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Preparing assessment-capable teachers: What should preservice teachers know and be able to do?

Author(s): Alison Gilmore, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill

In a world where schools are accountable for ensuring that all of their students are academically well prepared to enter “the knowledge society”, using assessment in the service of learning is a...