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Chan, Cecilia Ka Yuk – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
Chan's book explores the challenges in assessing experiential learning, deepens our understanding, and inspires readers to think critically about the purpose of assessment in experiential learning. Experiential learning has been studied and proven to be effective for student learning, particularly for the development of holistic competencies (i.e.…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, 21st Century Skills
National Academies Press, 2022
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- often called "The Nation's Report Card" -- is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in public and private schools in the United States know and can do in various subjects and has provided policy makers and the public with invaluable…
Descriptors: Costs, Futures (of Society), National Competency Tests, Educational Trends
Kim, Jong-Pil – 1999
This study was conducted to investigate the equivalence of scores from paper-and-pencil (P&P) tests and computerized tests (CTs) through meta-analysis of primary studies using both kinds of tests. For this synthesis, 51 primary studies were selected, resulting in 226 effect sizes. The first synthesis was a typical meta-analysis that treated…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Effect Size, Meta Analysis
Florian, Lani; Hegarty, John – Open University Press, 2004
A useful reference book for educators interested in the uses of ICT as a tool to promote the inclusion of learners with special educational needs, this book examines contextual issues and broad areas within which ICT has much to offer those who teach learners with SEN or manage provision across the different phases of education in mainstream and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Inclusive Schools, Learning Problems, Special Needs Students
Torff, Bruce, Ed. – 1997
Since its introduction in 1983, Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences has attracted widespread interest among educators. The chapters in this book describe alternative assessments that capture the range of intelligences, allow the intelligences to be given more equal weight, use intelligence-fair formats, and focus on student…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Plake, Barbara S., Ed.; Witt, Joseph C., Ed. – 1986
An introduction by Barbara S. Plake and Joseph C. Witt defines the task of this book as presenting nine conference papers discussing probable directions for the field of measurement and testing. In an effort to contribute to the improvement of test construction and test usage, areas of present concern and potentially important areas for the future…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Certification, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests
Hounsell, Dai, Ed.; McCulloch, Mary, Ed.; Scott, Mary, Ed. – 1996
This inventory, is based on the database derived from Assessment Strategies in Scottish Higher Education (ASSHE) project, a survey of information about changing assessment practices in all 22 Scottish higher educational institutions. Its aims are to spotlight the diversity of assessment strategies and practices, identify core themes and…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Assisted Testing, Cooperative Learning, Educational Assessment