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Mahasneh, Ahmad; Al-Zou'bi, Zohair – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2021
This study examines the perceptions of Jordanian science teachers' conceptions of assessment, and how these perceptions are affected by the teacher's gender, length of experience, and subject variables. The teacher conception of the assessment questionnaire was completed by 488 teachers. It consisted of 27 items spread over four dimensions: school…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction, Accountability
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Farrell, Caitlin C.; Marsh, Julie A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: Supporting teachers' use of data has become a large part of educational leaders' instructional leadership. Drawing on sensemaking theory, we explore how features of data and teachers' perceptions of them may matter when teachers consider student learning data. Design: The article draws on a 1-year, comparative case study of five…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Low Income Groups
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Perry, Nancy; Ercikan, Kadriye – Teachers College Record, 2015
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was designed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to evaluate the quality, equity, and efficiency of school systems around the world. Specifically, the PISA has assessed 15-year-old students' reading, mathematics, and science literacy on a 3-year cycle, since…
Descriptors: International Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests
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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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Rojstaczer, Stuart; Healy, Christopher – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: College grades can influence a student's graduation prospects, academic motivation, postgraduate job choice, professional and graduate school selection, and access to loans and scholarships. Despite the importance of grades, national trends in grading practices have not been examined in over a decade, and there has been a…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Geographic Regions, Private Colleges
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Ali, Liaqat; Hatala, Marek; Gasevic, Dragan; Jovanovic, Jelena – Computers & Education, 2012
LOCO-Analyst is a learning analytics tool we developed to provide educators with feedback on students learning activities and performance. Evaluation of the first version of the tool led to the enhancement of the tool's data visualization, user interface, and supported feedback types. The second evaluation of the improved tool allowed us to see…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Software, Program Descriptions, Student Evaluation
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Liang, Xin – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2010
The study examined the role of classroom assessment and its relationships to student characteristics and mathematics performance by comparing the USA, Canada and Finland using Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 data. The results indicated that student individual characteristics such as gender, family social-cultural status,…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement
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Schildkamp, Kim; Rekers-Mombarg, Lyset T. M.; Harms, Truus J. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
At the end of secondary education in The Netherlands, students have to pass a final examination, consisting of an internal school-based assessment and an external national assessment. According to the Dutch inspectorate, to ensure the quality of final examinations, the discrepancy between both assessments must be less than 0.5 points (on a scale…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Achievement Gap
Stoneberg, Bert D. – Online Submission, 2009
Test developers are responsible to define how test scores should be interpreted and used. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) directed the Secretary of Education to use results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to confirm the proficiency scores from state developed tests. There are two sets of federal definitions…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, State Programs, Achievement Tests, Scores
Salvador, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Elementary general music teachers typically teach hundreds of students every week. Each child has individual learning needs due to a variety of factors, such as prior experiences with music, music aptitude, learning style, and personality. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore ways that experienced teachers used assessments to…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Experienced Teachers, Individualized Instruction, Music Education
Faubert, Violaine – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
This paper examines the current academic and policy literatures concerning school evaluation in primary and secondary education within the OECD countries. First, it provides a typology of the existing systems of school evaluation across the OECD. It encompasses the diverse criteria and instruments commonly used to carry out schools evaluation, as…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Conley, David T.; Brown, Richard S. – 2003
This paper examines the relationship between high-school examinations and university expectations for a well-prepared student. Its purpose is to explore the alignment between state, standards-based assessment systems and the expectations students face once they undertake university studies. It uses a proven methodology for analyzing the congruence…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This booklet examines performance-based education accountability systems in the United States. It defines the four components of these accountability systems--standards and assessments, multiple indicators, rewards, and sanctions--and discusses which ones are found in each state and whether or not they appear in law or regulation. All four…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy
Linn, Robert L. – 1987
When the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) was designed 20 years ago, comparisons among individual states or localities were not deemed desirable. Today, this lack of information to allow comparison is judged to be a serious weakness of the NAEP, and ways to allow comparisons are actively sought. The focus of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Content Validity, Educational Assessment
Abbott, Jeannie, Comp. – 1991
To determine the appropriateness of existing writing assessment instruments, to set directions for future assessment, and to ensure that assessment instruments are consistent with the requirements of the new English curriculum of the Northern Territory (Australia), teachers were sampled to determine how they used the booklets of moderated writing…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Utilization