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Siv M. Gamlem; Meerita Segaran; Synnøve Moltudal – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2024
This study explores lower secondary school teachers' arguments and perceptions for using a 26-point grading scale (26-PGS), and gender differences in assessment practice. An explanatory sequential design was conducted. First, teachers (n = 6) assessment of students' text (n = 182) was analysed. In the subsequent phase, an open-ended questionnaire…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Grading, Rating Scales
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Kanjee, A.; Ramollo, J. K. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2023
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching and learning, the School Recovery Plan (SRP) was implemented by the Department of Basic Education in South Africa. In this study, we explore the impact of the SRP on teachers' conceptualisation of new and different assessment practices. Data were obtained from 1098 teachers using an…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods
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Verónica Villarroel; Daniela Bruna; Carola Bruna; Gavin Brown; David Boud – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2024
A training course grounded in the principles of authentic assessment was implemented with 24 academics from two Chilean universities. Through a single-group pre-test/post-test design, the change in the evaluated parameters was analysed to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the conducted training. By the end of the course, the assessments…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Foreign Countries, Universities, Student Evaluation
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DeLuca, Christopher; Pyle, Angela; Braund, Heather; Faith, Laurie – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2020
Currently, kindergarten education is shaped by two priorities: (1) the recognition that early learning must maintain a developmental orientation and support socio-personal growth; and (2) a growing emphasis on standards-based curriculum and the use of assessment to support children's learning. While some researchers have argued these two…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Kindergarten, Young Children, Personal Autonomy
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Ronen Kasperski; Merav E. Hemi – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2024
Educators' Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is crucial for fostering positive, supportive, and effective learning environments. This study seeks to improve SEL assessment among educators by addressing limitations of the previous EduSEL questionnaire. Study 1 established convergent validity by comparing EduSEL with a validated SEL questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Teacher Attitudes
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Brookhart, Susan M. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2013
Studies of the use of teacher judgement for summative assessment in the USA are considered in two general categories. (1) Studies of teacher classroom summative assessment, that is, teacher grading practices, have historically and currently emphasised the lack of validity and reliability of these judgements. (2) Studies of how teacher judgement…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Grading, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Inbar-Lourie, Ofra; Donitsa-Schmidt, Smadar – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2009
The research investigated the factors which underlie the perceptions and usage of alternative assessment procedures among EFL teachers in Israel. The research was conducted within the framework of an earlier model by Hargreaves and colleagues comprising four perspectives--technological, cultural, political and postmodern--to account for teachers'…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Alternative Assessment, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries