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Duangkamon Klungthong; Punchalee Wasanasomsithi – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
Academic vocabulary is necessary for university students. Vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) assist students to enhance their vocabulary knowledge and should be examined in accordance with their dynamic nature (Gu, 2020). Dynamic assessment (DA) is considered an alternative assessment that simultaneously and systematically assesses and teaches…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Vocabulary Development, Academic Language, Second Language Learning
Ken Ardon – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2024
This paper reviews overall student performance as well as the performance of student subgroups on the assessment system developed in response to the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 (MERA), the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). Comparing students in Massachusetts to students in the rest of the United States or against…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Test Reliability, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Tests
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Li, Juan; Li, Zhe; Liu, Shuo-Fang; Cheng, Meng – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
Traditional methods for conducting performance evaluations of academic courses are somewhat limited in that they are unable to account for both quantitative and qualitative data. For example, the data used to assess student performance in a typical industrial design course are generally complex, multi-criteria, multi-variable, and frequently vague…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, College Students, Industrial Education, Design
Holt-White, Erica; Cullinane, Carl – Sutton Trust, 2021
In the wake of last summer's disruption to the Higher Education entry process, this year's cohort of young people finishing school and college have faced their second consecutive year of disruption to their education, impacting their schooling, their exams and assessment, and the transition to their next steps in education. In 2021 pupils' grades…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Applicants, Access to Education, COVID-19
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Provasnik, Stephen; Dogan, Enis; Erberber, Ebru; Zheng, Xiaying – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
Large-scale assessment programs, such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), employ item response theory (IRT) and marginal estimation methods to estimate student proficiency in specific subjects such as mathematics, science, or reading. Each of these…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Academic Achievement, Item Response Theory
Jenni Ingram; Jamie Stiff; Stuart Cadwallader; Gabriel Lee; Heather Kayton – UK Department for Education, 2023
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) assesses the knowledge and skills in mathematics, reading and science of 15-year-old pupils in countries around the world. PISA is run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and assessment is typically undertaken every 3 years, allowing us to chart how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
Alansari, Mohamed; Wylie, Cathy; Hipkins, Rose; Overbye, Sinead; Tuifagalele, Renee; Watson, Sophie – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2022
The long-running National Survey of Schools project is part of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research's (NZCER's) Te Pae Tawhiti programme of research, funded through the Ministry of Education. NZCER has run a national survey of English-medium secondary schools every 3 years since 2003. For the 2021 National Survey of Secondary Schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, School Surveys
O'Keefe, Lynette; Dellinger, Justin T.; Scragg, Benjamin; Amelina, Natalia; Mathes, Jennifer – Online Learning Consortium, 2020
To ensure that high quality online learning is being offered in the future, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) commissioned a study to understand the state of online K-12 education pre-, peri- and post-COVID based on the academic period from March 9-May 14, 2020. The intention was to determine opportunities for improvement while identifying areas…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Wylie, Cathy; Hodgen, Edith – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020
2019 was the third year that the Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey (TSP) was available for free use by schools. The questions in this survey draw on a strong body of evidence about effective practices. The TSP asks teachers and principals to rate how often a practice occurs or how well the practice is done. This 2019…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Leadership Styles, Principals
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Mustapha, Aida; Samsudin, Noor Azah; Arbaiy, Nurieze; Mohammed, Rozlini; Hamid, Isredza Rahmi – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
In programming, one problem can usually be solved using different logics and constructs but still producing the same output. Sometimes students get marked down inappropriately if their solutions do not follow the answer scheme. In addition, lab exercises and programming assignments are not necessary graded by the instructors but most of the time…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Scoring Rubrics, Grading
Maghnouj, Soumaya; Salinas, Daniel; Kitchen, Hannah; Guthrie, Caitlyn; Bethell, George; Fordham, Elizabeth – OECD Publishing, 2020
Serbia's education system performs well compared to other countries in the Western Balkans. There have been improvements in access to education and Serbia has undertaken major institutional reforms in recent years, such as the introduction of achievement standards at the end of compulsory education, teacher standards and a school evaluation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Custer, Samantha; King, Elizabeth M.; Atinc, Tamar Manuelyan; Read, Lindsay; Sethi, Tanya – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018
Governments, organizations, and companies are generating copious amounts of data and analysis to support education decision-making around the world. While continued investments in data creation and management are necessary, the ultimate value of information is not in its "production," but its "use." Herein lies one of the…
Descriptors: Surveys, Foreign Countries, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Buckley, Alex; Soilemetzidis, Ioannis; Hillman, Nick – Higher Education Academy, 2015
The Higher Education Policy Institute and Higher Education Academy (HEPI-HEA) "Student Academic Experience Survey" has been running since 2006 and is now a fixture in the policy landscape. Its focus on what students get, how hard they work, and what they think of their experience makes it even more useful at a time of high fees and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, National Surveys, Student Experience
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Andreasen, Felicity – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2015
Current selection test procedures for any higher-learning program rely on evidence of attainment in a specific domain (Gagné, 1995; Boyle & Radocy, 1987; Subotnik, & Jarvin, 2005). Pertinent to the assessment and selection of gifted young musicians for elite programs is the notion of obvious talent being due to all or a combination of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Teachers, Music Education, Teacher Attitudes
OECD Publishing, 2020
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and science, and what they can do with what they know. It provides the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student learning outcomes to date. Results from PISA indicate the quality and equity of learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Educational Policy
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