Education: examinations and assessment

This book introduces a new framework for analyzing second language (L2) learners' written texts.

Promoting Assessment as Learning sets out to re-examine the relationship between assessment and learning in the classroom.

In this valuable resource, well-known scholars present a detailed understanding of contemporary theories and practices in the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation, with guidance on how to apply these ideas for the benefit of students and institutions.

This book presents different approaches for answering the question: How do we assess computational thinking?

This book is largely based on a 1998 forum where participants from across America discussed ways to improve the utilization of science and technology for economic growth over the next several decades.

This book examines the history of formative assessment in the US and explores its potential for changing the landscape of teaching and learning to meet the needs of twenty-first century learners.

This book was developed during a particular pandemic situation in the whole world which confined people to their homes.

Fairness and ethicality have been at the center of the debates on the appropriate use of educational tests since the 1960s.

Formative assessment has recently become a focus of renewed research as state and federal policy-makers realize that summative assessments have reached a point of diminishing returns as a tool for increasing student achievement.

This book provides the basics of student self-assessment and implementation challenges, and it offers practical solutions and examples for navigating the use of student self-assessment in various subject disciplines in primary schools, secondary schools and higher education.

"e;Moe's new book is not an argument for or against vouchers; it is an analysis of public opinion on vouchers that is likely to be very influential in shaping the movement's future.

This highly detailed study maps four decades of evolution of the concept of what constitutes effective school leadership.

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What is the outlook for educational reform in the United States?

Drawing on Australian and international research, this book presents teaching and support strategies for educators to be responsive to the particular learning needs of each of their students and deliver quality inclusive education in a sustainable way.

This book presents an international range of conversation analytic (CA) studies of classroom interaction which all discuss their empirical findings in terms of their theoretical and methodological contribution to the field of second language studies and their potential pedagogical relevance.

Higher education and innovation policies are today seen as central elements in national economic competitiveness, increasingly measured by global rankings.

In 2006, Paul W.

This book focuses on the interface of organizational development and language learning, using mixed methods of qualitative (reflective journals) and quantitative analysis (experimental design, pre- and post-testing exam scores and questionnaires).

This Assessing and Improving Student Organization (AISO) program is intended as a guide for leaders of student-led college organizations.

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

Integrated information systems are increasingly used in schools, and the advent of the technology-rich classroom requires a new degree of ongoing classroom assessment.

Published in 2000, Functional Behavioral Assessment is a valuable contribution to the field of Education.

Composition in Convergence: The Impact of New Media on Writing Assessment considers how technological forms--such as computers and online courses--transform the assessment of writing, in addition to text classroom activity.

Two of the most interesting conceptual turns in Richard E.

This edited volume presents innovative current research in the field of Science Education.

The sixth volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English series offers up-to-date research on the rapidly changing field of language assessment.

This book is a guide for educators on how to develop and evaluate evidence-based strategies for teaching biological experimentation to thereby improve existing and develop new curricula.

Forget waiting for the district, state, or national test to find out how your instruction impacts student outcomes.

This book provides ways of thinking for preservice and new teachers to transition from the theory behind curricular design to engaged teaching and learning in the classroom.

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.

Dyslexia in Adolescence: Global Perspectives presents international case studies on the psychosocial development and academic progress of adolescents with dyslexia to enhance understanding of adjustment factors, outcomes and support.

Despite the advances in educational effectiveness theory and methodology in the last 20 years, important questions and issues remain unresolved.

Using Differentiated Classroom Assessment to Enhance Student Learning introduces pre- and in-service teachers to the foundations, data use, and best practices of the DCA framework.

Originally published in 1981 Student Learning in Higher Education fills an important gap by bringing together in a concise and readable form, research from Britain, the USA and elsewhere, and by discussing the curricular implications for staff who wish to assist their students to see meaning in their studies.

This book addresses issues related to ethics and the scholarship of teaching and learning, and pays special attention to ethical concerns and experiences that have arisen from engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) work.

Too often teachers and schools operate with grading systems that are vestiges of an antiquated educational model with little fresh thinking as to how grades affect student learning.

Assessment in Practice explores timely and important questions in relation to assessment.

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This book examines the principles and practice of authentic assessment.

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume.

Encourage a culture of innovation and creativity.

This book creatively redefines how teacher educators and faculty in secondary and post-secondary language education can become designers with intercultural education in mind.

In How to Make Decisions with Different Kinds of Student Assessment Data, best-selling author Susan M.

This volume presents an analysis of the Erasmus+ funding process.

Systematic Classroom Assessment promotes a fresh vision of assessment for student learning and achievement.

Today's evaluators are being challenged to help design and evaluate social programs intended to prevent and ameliorate complex social problems in a variety of settings, including schools, communities, and not-for-profit and for-profit organizations.

This edited volume documents attempts to conduct systematic and prodigious research using multilevel analysis in educational settings, and present their findings and identify future research directions.