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This paper outlines the development and the conceptual design of an assessment for learning resource of 177 exemplars from early childhood contexts. Two metaphors provide the foundation for...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
This study examines the summative-assessment practices used for a one-to-one programme where all teachers and students in grades 7 to 9 across an entire district were provided with iPads. Data were...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
The role the visiting lecturer plays in promoting and supporting student teacher learning on practicum is an important one in initial teacher education (ITE). The practicum experience is a...
| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Student voice makes a valuable contribution in the effort to evaluate the impact of Assessment for Learning (AfL) as it is the student learning that AfL practices seek to enhance. The authors report...
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: AM2019_006.pdf | Content type: Assessment Matters article
This article reports findings from a nationwide research project conducted in Norway to determine the impact of the national programme called Assessment for Learning (AfL, 2010–2014) on school...
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Formative assessment has been shown to have the power to positively affect student achievement, but professional-development initiatives for teachers to substantially develop their formative...
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) has been used in several development studies, but few have used it for the purposes of formative assessment. This article reports from a study where the...
| Year published: 2019 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Meritocracy embodies tension(s) between its egalitarian and elitist strands, which in turn construct how “fairness” is construed in terms of educational opportunity and outcome. In this...
| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
In this article assessment conceptualised as social practice is explored to address issues related to fairness and equity. How teachers develop fair assessment practice by engaging in...
| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
There is little research that relates formative assessment to writing, particularly in a foreign-language context. Furthermore, few studies have investigated processes of change when teachers and...
| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article