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Brown, P. Margaret; Byrnes, Linda J. – Deafness and Education International, 2014
This study investigated the Individual Learning Plans of eighty-eight students who were deaf and hard of hearing attending facilities and schools for the deaf in Victoria Australia. The students' assessment and planning portfolios were scrutinised for evidence of formal and informal assessment used to generate goals for the Individual Learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Partial Hearing, Special Education
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Nah, Kwi-Ok – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
Child assessment practices in English and Korean preschools were compared by analysing data from interviews with educators, examples of child assessment, and official documents from each country. Child assessment in England was systematically implemented and characterised by several methodological and procedural strengths, whereas assessment in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Interviews
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Jessop, Tansy; McNab, Nicole; Gubby, Laura – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This article explores the relationship between the lack of visible attention to formative assessment in degree specifications and its marginalization in practice. Degree specification documents form part of the quality apparatus emphasizing the accountability and certification duties of assessment. Ironically, a framework designed to assure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Evaluation Utilization
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Gur, Bekir S.; Celik, Zafer; Ozoglu, Murat – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
In this article we provide a critique of the interpretation and utilization of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results by the National Education Authorities in Turkey. First, we define and explain what OECD's PISA is. Second, we make an overview of the media coverage in Turkey of the PISA 2003 and 2006 results. Third, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality, News Reporting