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Lucy Chambers; Sylvia Vitello; Carmen Vidal Rodeiro – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2024
In England, some secondary-level qualifications comprise non-exam assessments which need to undergo moderation before grading. Currently, moderation is conducted at centre (school) level. This raises challenges for maintaining the standard across centres. Recent technological advances enable novel moderation methods that are no longer bound by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Comparative Analysis, Grading
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Srikanth Allamsetty; M. V. S. S. Chandra; Neelima Madugula; Byamakesh Nayak – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2024
The present study is related to the problem associated with student assessment with online examinations at higher educational institutes (HEIs). With the current COVID-19 outbreak, the majority of educational institutes are conducting online examinations to assess their students, where there would always be a chance that the students go for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Accountability, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis
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Amy Adair; Michael Sao Pedro; Janice Gobert; Jessica A. Owens – Grantee Submission, 2023
Developing models and using mathematics are two key practices in internationally recognized science education standards such as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS, 2013). In this paper, we used a virtual performance-based formative assessment to capture students' competencies at both "developing" and "evaluating"…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Mathematical Models, Competence, Scientific Research
Tokosh, Joseph – Geography Teacher, 2022
Using geographic information systems (GIS), spatial data, and web mapping tools to enrich teaching and learning in geography courses is an effective way to integrate critical thinking and spatial analysis into the classroom (or virtual classroom). This lesson describes mapping song lyrics through ArcGIS Online. It explores how students analyze and…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geographic Information Systems, Singing, Maps
Dolliver, Jason C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Traditional grading and reporting practices have been part of the educational system in the United States for centuries. Those grading practices are ingrained in schools across the country and have not changed much, if at all, over time. Traditional grading practices have a plethora of downfalls, but we continue to use them because they are what…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Student Evaluation, Grading
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Heidorn, Brent – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2022
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of quality physical education from the lens of fictional high school students who are enrolled in physical education classes. Providing insights from one of our key stakeholders (even fiction students) may propel us to further examine how we might continually improve our instruction and student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Education, Educational Quality, High School Students
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Chen, Haoran – English Language Teaching, 2020
Classroom-based language assessments mainly include formative assessment and summative assessment, which are the most commonly used evaluation methods. The present study adopts a contrastive method to analyze the two types of assessments. Results of the study show that: 1) the characteristics of formative assessment contain teachers' adaptation to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Center on Education Policy, 2015
In the spring and fall of 2013, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) convened two meetings of researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss ideas for a more relevant and coordinated research agenda on the Common Core State Standards. Participants in these meetings identified several needs and made a number of thoughtful suggestions. Many…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Academic Standards, State Standards, Elementary Secondary Education
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Stowell, Marie; Falahee, Marie; Woolf, Harvey – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Assessment regulations in higher education, which are important for assuring threshold academic standards, reflect institutional cultures and histories, and are shaped by pragmatic concerns about quality indicators such as retention and progression rates, as well as principles of equity. This paper articulates some of the tensions that confront…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Guidelines, Educational Attainment, Educational Policy
Hull, Ted H.; Balka, Don S.; Miles, Ruth Harbin – Principal Leadership, 2013
A whirlwind of activity surrounds the topic of teaching and learning mathematics. The driving forces are a combination of changes in assessment and advances in technology that are being spurred on by the introduction of content in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice. Although the issues are certainly complex, the same forces…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Mathematics Instruction, Student Evaluation
Simpson, David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The main purpose of this research study was to fill gaps in existing research on the comparative forms and qualities of learning that emerge from formal professional development and from more self-directed teacher teams. This research study also described the extent to which both align to recommendations for professional learning and the extent…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Interviews, Surveys, Video Technology
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Farwell, Tricia M.; Alligood, Leon; Fitzgerald, Sharon; Blake, Ken – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2016
This article introduces an objective grammar and math assessment and evaluates the assessment's outcome and reliability when fielded among eighty-one students in media writing courses. In addition, the article proposes a rubric for grading straight news leads and compares the rubric's reliability with the reliability of rating straight news leads…
Descriptors: Journalism, Journalism Education, Introductory Courses, Reliability
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Godor, Brian P. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
The role that teachers have in assessing student coursework is crucial. Their "determination" that a particular piece of student's work is "acceptable" has many serious consequences. With a lack of debate surrounding assessment, practices may become mired in conventions and disconnected from issues such as knowledge, power and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grading, Standards, Foreign Countries
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August, Diane; Branum-Martin, Lee; Cárdenas-Hagan, Elsa; Francis, David J.; Powell, Jennifer; Moore, Sarah; Haynes, Erin F. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
The goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an intervention--Quality English and Science Teaching 2--designed to help English language learners (ELLs) and their English proficient classmates develop academic language in science, as required by the Common Core State Standards. The intervention consisted of supplementary instructional…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Standards, Academic Standards, Intervention
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Adelstein, David; Barbour, Michael – Journal of Online Learning Research, 2016
In 2011, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning released the second iteration of the "National Standards for Quality Online Courses." These standards have been used by numerous institutions and states around the country to help design and create K-12 online courses. However, there has been no reported research on the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Comparative Analysis, National Standards, Elementary Secondary Education
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