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Nathan Dadey; Brian Gong; Yun-Kyung Kim; Edynn Sato – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
"Through-year assessments" are assessments that are administered in multiple parts and at different times over the course of a school year that also produce summative scores that can be used with state accountability systems (Lorié et al., 2021; Dadey & Gong, 2023). These assessments are alternatively known as instructionally…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Time Perspective, Summative Evaluation
Juan D’Brot; W. Chris Brandt – Region 5 Comprehensive Center, 2024
Balanced assessment systems provide feedback and support decision-making to improve instruction and learning. "Supporting Continuous Improvement Efforts Through Balanced Assessment Systems: Components, Integration, and High-Leverage Actions" outlines key features and components, integration of various assessment approaches, and guiding…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Educational Improvement, Instructional Design, State Departments of Education
Dan Cloney; David Jeffries; Stephanie Templeton; Ursula Schwantner; Juliette Mendelovits; Amy Berry; Syeda Kashfee Ahmed; Nicola Andrews; Bethany Davies – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2024
Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) aims to "ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all". In relation to Early Childhood Education (ECE), SDG Target 4.2 aims to "ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Progress Monitoring, Evaluation Methods, Equal Education
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Mebrat Gedfie Wondim; Behailu Atinafu Dessie – Cogent Education, 2024
The study aims to explore the practice of continuous assessment (CA) and associated challenges of implementation in higher education institutions located in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. Drawing on assessment for learning and institutional theory, the qualitative multi-case design includes informants from three public universities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Progress Monitoring, Formative Evaluation, Universities
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Gamze Nur Inönü; Sema Çelebi; Meryem Gülhan; Selda Aras – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2025
This study aimed at understanding and investigating the lived experiences of early childhood teachers' observation practices as a professional tool. Interpretative phenomenological approach was utilized to investigate participants' experiences deeply from their lived experiences. The current study's participants consisted of five early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Observation, Teaching Methods