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In both Australia and NZ there has been a great deal of interest in the effects that external examinations have on the subjects taught and the way they are taught in secondary schools. In 1970...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
As teachers, we should be clear why we are testing. We should not test just because it is always done. Certainly, tests often do help motivate students to work harder. But the results can be...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers have always needed valid tests to assess students' proficiency so that the most appropriate classroom instruction can be used. This is particularly true in the current educational...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The need to assess how much students have learned has been fundamental in education for as long as there have been students and teachers. Long before standardized tests of achievement came on the...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Educational testing, once the subject of debate by teachers and other professionals, is now being debated in public forums and in open court. Public concern has been most clearly expressed in the...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Despite the excellent research of Janet Emig, Donald Graves and others, the writing process itself is still largely a mystery.
We know that it is a very complex process requiring the mastery of...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article All classroom teachers make quantitative assessments of how well their students are performing and frequently must combine marks from several different essays, tests, exercises or subjects to obtain...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article 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