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O'Sullivan, Barry; Cheng, Liying – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
In this paper, we set out to explore the world's first major standardised examination system. In the field of language testing and assessment, works such as measured words (Spolsky, 1995), measured constructs (Weir, Vidakovic & Galaczi, 2013), and Cambridge English exams -- the first hundred years (Hawkey & Milanovic, 2013) all point to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Foreign Policy, Standardized Tests
Gediminas Merkys; Sigitas Vaitkevicius; Daiva Bubeliene; Leonidas Sakalauskas – European Journal of Education, 2025
The results of total testing from the years 2015-2022 on the mathematical and verbal achievement of Lithuanian pupils (N [approximately equal to] 250,000) are presented. These are the standardised tests from grades 4 to 12. The K-Means method has discovered six types of achievement. The highest achievement type is dominated by girls (61.1%) who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Verbal Development
Marcenaro-Gutierrez, Oscar D.; Prieto-Latorre, Claudia; Sánchez Rodriguez, Maria Isabel – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2023
We study the existence of a gender gap between two methods of grading student achievement in Spain, namely teachers' assessment which measures cognitive outcomes and standardised test scores, which are consistent across Spanish schools. We use rich census information of Andalusian students attending secondary schools. Our results indicate that…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
Alelaimat, Ali Mustafa; Al-Dababneh, Kholoud Adeeb; Al-Zboon, Eman K. – Education 3-13, 2022
This study was conducted to determine the most common contemporary evaluation methods used by kindergarten teachers to assess kindergarten children. The study sample consisted of 527 kindergarten teachers. A scale was developed in order to achieve the study's purposes. The results indicated that the Teacher's Practices in the Evaluation Process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Pongpol Suansri; Supong Tangkiengsirisin – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
The rising status of English as a global language prompts a call for a paradigm shift in English language teaching in order to correspond to the new sociolinguistic landscape. However, studies related to English language assessment, which can catalyze the transformation especially in a test-oriented context like Thailand, remain limited. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Secondary School Teachers, Language Usage
Goffin, Evelyn; Janssen, Rianne; Vanhoof, Jan – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2022
The present study explores predictors of school performance feedback (SPF) use. In total, 470 Flemish educational professionals were surveyed about their use of SPF from school-external, low-stakes standardized assessments. A path analysis was conducted in order to investigate how individual user beliefs impact SPF use at the school level and how…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Standardized Tests, Institutional Characteristics, School Culture
Suchart Homjan; Wanida Homjan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2025
This research aimed to investigate and develop an online system for educational measurement and evaluation with a focus on authentic assessment. The research process consisted of four main stages: (1) analyzing the current state and carrying out qualitative interviews on authentic assessment, (2) developing an online measurement and evaluation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Assisted Testing
Julie Choi; Russell Cross; Larissa McLean Davies; Sue Ollerhead; Melissa Barnes – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2022
This paper furthers the understanding of literacy being developed through this Special Issue by bringing a pluralistic, complex account of literacy into conversation with assessment. The rise of neoliberalism in education--and its related focus on standards, accountability, and efficiency--has seen literacy positioned as the "core…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests
Alaamer, Reem Aamer – English Language Teaching, 2021
There is a growing need for standardized oral assessment rubrics in learning institutions. This is linked to the growing number of ESL learners not only in Saudi Arabia but other parts of the world. To assess the need to use standardized oral assessment rubrics, this particular study explores various peer reviewed articles that support the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Scoring Rubrics
Kaya Uyanik, Gulden; Demirtas Tolaman, Tugba; Gur Erdogan, Duygu – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2021
This paper aims to examine and assess the questions included in the "Turkish Common Exam" for sixth graders held in the first semester of 2018 which is one of the common exams carried out by The Measurement and Evaluation Centers, in terms of question structure, quality and taxonomic value. To this end, the test questions were examined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Standardized Tests, Test Items
Contreras-Quiroz, Natalia; Román-Soto, David; Caldera-Mercado, Jorge; Rodríguez-Becerra, Jorge – Education Sciences, 2022
The system for measuring the quality of education (SIMCE) is a standardised evaluation that provides results on the academic achievement of Chilean students, while also including indicators of personal and social development. Through a mixed analysis of variables extracted from these indicators, the purpose of this research study is to build a…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Academic Achievement, Standardized Tests, Student Attitudes
Shaw, Stuart; Nisbet, Isabel – Research Matters, 2021
Was the approach proposed for calculating exam grades in summer 2020 fair? Were the grades eventually awarded (after policy changes) fair? What is a fair arrangement for 2021? These questions have been at the heart of debate in the UK in the light of COVID-19. After schools were closed in the spring of 2020 and the decision was made not to proceed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Bronwyn Reid O'Connor – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2024
A 7-month mathematics proficiency program was conducted in a primary Australian Indigenous community school. This paper focuses on outlining the specific methodologies employed to explore how students' mathematical proficiency changed throughout the implementation of the program in Years 2 to 4 (~ 7 to 9 years old). A mixed methods research design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Education
Ulker Shafiyeva – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2021
Standardized tests have been applied as student knowledge assessment in many countries, including Azerbaijan. However, studies have shown that standardized tests are not an effective way of measuring students' knowledge because they limit students' creativity and prevent instructors from applying individual teaching methods due to the pressure of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Inquiry
Wandall, Jakob – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2017
This article describes standardised testing in Denmark and the protections guaranteed to avoid "high stakes". It explains the use of computer-based "adaptive tests" which adjust to an appropriate level for each student. It is an abbreviated version of an article from 2011 in the "Journal for Applied Testing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods