Changing Educational Assessment
Published on 4. October 1990
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-415-05293-1 (ISBN)
Description
It is difficult to remember that educational assessment used to be largely confined to the technical domain of psychometrics. In recent years, and particularly since the plans for the delivery of the National Curriculum have been established, it has become the key area of interest and debate in education and is making an impact on all areas, from teaching skills to policy-making. This book focuses on the comparative perspective to spotlight the common basis of many of the current issues, including the development of a market economy in provision, minimum competency testing for teachers (as in the USA), institutional quality, assessment information, measurement-driven instruction (MDI), accreditation of absolute rather than relative competencies and issues of equity of opportunity and national development. It is broadly divided into three sections on the general role of assessment and public examinations, alternative approaches to certification and new policy techniques.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-05293-1 (9780415052931)
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Content
Part 1 Comparative perspectives on educational assessment: the role of assessment re-examined in international context, Angel Little; trends in the assessment of teaching and learning - educational and methodological perspectives, Carol Anne Dwyer; reshaping the standards agenda, from an Australian's perspective of curriculum and assessment, David Cohen; national assessment - a comparison of English and American trends, Caroline Gipps; possibilities and limitations in cross-national comparisons of educational achievement, Les McLean. Part 2 Comparative perspectives on public examinations: trade-offs in examination policies - an international comparative perspective, Harold J.Noah and Max A.Eckstein; examinations systems in Africa, Thomas Kellaghan; the introduction of continuous assessment systems at secondary level in developing countries, David Pennycuick; exam questions - a consideration of consequences of reforms to examining and assessment in Great Britain and New Zealand, Tony McNaughton; bring your Grandmother to the examination, Paul Rosanowski. Part 3 Selection, certification and the accreditation of competence: university entrance examinations in China - a quiet revolution, Keith Lewin and Wang Lu; learning motivation and work - a Malaysian perspective, Jasbir Sarjit Singh et al; assessment certification and the needs of young people - from badges of failure towards signs of success, Penelope Weston; beyond commissions and competencies - European approaches to assessment in information technology, Alison Wolf.