Browsing Research Articles (Curriculum Studies) by Subject "Assessment"

Browsing Research Articles (Curriculum Studies) by Subject "Assessment"

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  • Assessment of change in education 
    Fraser, William John; Howie, Sarah J.; Plomp, Tjeerd (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2003-03)
    Assessment is back. There is undoubtedly a transnational preoccupation with the national performance of education systems, performance-based pedagogies, and the assessment of student learning. The shift from educational ...
  • A model for assessment : integrating external monitoring with classroom-based practice 
    Long, Caroline; Dunne, Tim; Mokoena, Gabriel (Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, 2014-03)
    The rationale for the introduction of standards in the United States in the late 1980s was that the quality of education would improve. Assessment instruments in the form of written tests were constructed in order to ...
  • A national assessment in mathematics within an international comparative assessment 
    Howie, Sarah J. (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2004-06)
    South Africa has only recently introduced national systemic assessments at Grades 3, 6 and 9 into policy and conducted its first national assessment (Grade 3). Prior to this, South Africa had no systemic monitoring of the ...
  • Validity in outcomes-based assessment 
    Killen, Roy; Killen, L.R. (Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, 2003-03)
    Because validity is universally accepted as one of the most important aspects of sound assessment practices, it is important that educators understand the concept and know how to use it as a quality control measure in ...