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Rothman, Robert – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010
Assessment has long been at the center of education policy debates, and for good reason. The goal of schooling is to maximize student learning, and assessments provide a picture of what students know and are able to do. Assessments also have a strong influence on what goes on in classrooms. The United States is now poised to make the most dramatic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Student Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wildy, Helen; Styles, Irene – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2008
This paper reports analysis of 2006-2007 on-entry assessment data from the Performance Indicators in Primary Schools Baseline Assessment (PIPS-BLA) of random samples of students in England, Scotland, New Zealand and Australia. The analysis aimed, first, to investigate the validity and reliability of that instrument across countries and sexes, and,…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Comparative Education
Wagemaker, Paula, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2007
As part of its mission, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) is committed to the development of the community of researchers who work in the area of assessment both nationally and internationally. The association also has a commitment to provide policymakers with the types of data and analyses that will…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Equal Education, Citizenship Education, International Studies