Education: examinations and assessment

This book brings together up-to-date, research-based evidence concerning summer learning and provides descriptions and analyses of a range of summer school programs.

This component of Assessing Media Education is intended for those who would like to know how other schools have grappled with implementing assessment initiatives, and who have used assessment to improve their programs.

The book presents the possibilities and realities of virtual worlds in education through the application of 3D virtual worlds to support authentic learning, creativity, learner engagement and cultural diversity in higher education.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of digital assessment (DA) in higher education, with a focus on navigating the challenges and opportunities brought on by the digital age.

This book offers important insights into the challenging yet rewarding journey of undertaking a PhD.

This book is an authoritative text that explores best classroom practices for engaging adult learners in beginner-level foreign language courses.

In 1976, the first session on the teaching of evaluation was held at an annual meeting of evaluators.

This book aims to provide theoretical discussions of assessment development and implementation in mathematics education contexts, as well as to offer readers discussions of assessment related to instruction and affective areas, such as attitudes and beliefs.

This volume consists of a series of essays written by experts, most of whom participated in a conference conducted by the Educational Testing Service to explore how current fields of artificial intelligence might contribute to ETS's plans to automate one or more of its testing activities.

This book provides a critical analysis of the neoliberal reform agenda of the economic governance of schools.

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How the increasing reliance on metrics to evaluate scholarly publications has produced new forms of academic fraud and misconduct.

This book offers an empirical analysis of how academic peer review panels mediate the traditionally non-academic criterion of societal impact.

This book explores the construct of reading comprehension by means of two main test methods.

This book is the outcome of a research symposium sponsored by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology [AECT].

An in-depth look at academically selective public high schools in AmericaWhat is the best education for exceptionally able and high-achieving youngsters?

This edited volume showcases first-hand accounts of crafting and handling feedback during the peer review process from early career researchers (ECRs), journal editors and experienced reviewers to develop the concept of 'feedback literacy' in academic peer review contexts.

Collecting and analysing data to monitor and challenge school standards is an increasingly important - and unavoidable - aspect of our education system.

The Chinese imperial examination system is unique in traditional Chinese society with origins dating back 1,300 years, and has had a far-reaching impact not only on contemporary Chinese society, but also on government systems of other countries around the world.

This self-contained monograph reports the recent approaches, methods and practices of technology-enabled personalized learning.

This component of Assessing Media Education is intended for those who would like to know how other schools have grappled with implementing assessment initiatives, and who have used assessment to improve their programs.

Educational Testing & Measurement Revised and updated edition of the reader-friendly, classroom-relevant introduction to testing and assessment, designed for educators to meet today s challenges in measuring student progress Educational Testing and Measurement, Twelfth Edition, is a revised and updated practical resource that will enhance assessment literacy to help prepare current and prospective teachers to navigate today s changing world of educational testing and assessment.

International literacy assessments have provided ample data for ranking nations, charting growth, and casting blame.

How can assessment and evaluation policies work together more effectively to improve student outcomes in primary and secondary schools?

Teaching remains an incredibly demanding and often 'downtrodden' profession but being a teacher can be a fabulous and rewarding job.

Why is assessment so important in the teaching-learning process?

Grading systems often reward on-time task completion and penalize disorganization and bad behavior.

MCAT* Prep from the Name You TrustNo matter how much material you review throughout your preparation for the MCAT, you need the experience of taking a full-length model exam prior to test day.

Treatment Fidelity in Studies of Educational Intervention is a detailed guide to the increasing emphasis on methodological rigor and implementation fidelity in educational research.

This collection presents educational assessment research from Latin America, adding to a relatively small but growing body of research considering educational assessment and evaluation issues in this large region.

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Generally recognized as the standard work in its field, Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents is a comprehensive guide for conducting conceptually sound, culturally responsive, and ecologically oriented assessments of students' social and emotional behavior.

After all the hours of studying, reading and preparation, the nights spent revising and the writing and re-writing of assignments, 'success' for university students can often be represented with a single grade or digit, summing up a wide range of activities.

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The book reports on the development and validation of a computerized adaptive EFL test, which is used as an exit requirement for non-English-major undergraduates at a major Chinese university.

International statistical comparisons of nations have become commonplace in the contemporary landscape of education policy and social science.

This book consists of introduction to academic achievement assessment, international comparison of academic achievement assessment and reference, as well as theoretical system and practice strategy of academic achievement assessment.

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This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education.

Historical and Conceptual Foundations of Measurement in the Human Sciences explores the assessment and measurement of nonphysical attributes that define human beings: abilities, personalities, attitudes, dispositions, and values.

Assessment is messy.

This book offers a unique and critical explication of teachers' understanding and experience of care during a period of regulatory scrutiny and 'notice to improve'.

Why are children from disadvantaged and minority communities overrepresented among academic underachievers, poor learners, and school dropouts?

Scaling Methods is written for professionals in the behavioral sciences who analyze data that results from subjective responses.

This book reports on an empirical study of oral feedback practices in doctoral supervision meetings, observing supervisors' and students' conduct to enable a new understanding of the social organisation of doctoral research supervision.

The Second Edition of 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher provides practical, applied information for the novice qualitative researcher, addressing the "e;how"e; of conducting qualitative research in one brief guide.

This book takes a developmental perspective at the use of scoring rubrics to assess student work.

The 21st century is witnessing a rapid increase in the pace of knowledge creation in the sciences and engineering.