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Merchant, Stefan; Rich, Jessica; Klinger, Don A. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2022
Both school and district administrators use the results of standardized, large-scale tests to inform decisions about the need for, or success of, educational programs and interventions. However, test results at the school level are subject to random fluctuations due to changes in cohort, test items, and other factors outside of the school's…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Generalizability Theory, Scores
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Buono, Stephanie; Jang, Eunice Eunhee – Educational Assessment, 2021
Increasing linguistic diversity in classrooms has led researchers to examine the validity and fairness of standardized achievement tests, specifically concerning whether test score interpretations are free of bias and score use is fair for all students. This study examined whether mathematics achievement test items that contain complex language…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Culture Fair Tests
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Cunningham, Malcolm – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Current quantitative gender and mathematics research exists as separate ability and postsecondary access studies, each drawing different conclusions. But if gender, achievement and enrollment (measurable proxies) are modeled together it will be possible to investigate possible associations. Using 106,473 standardized Grades 3, 6 and 9 Ontario…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement
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Loerts, Terry; Heydon, Rachel – Education 3-13, 2017
This case study of a grade six classroom literacy curriculum in Ontario, Canada was designed to produce new knowledge of how curricula can promote multimodal literacy learning opportunities for students. With a focus on constraints and enablers, the study found few opportunities for multimodal literacy learning due to standardised assessments, an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Literacies, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
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Lin, Pei-Ying – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2013
This study investigated accommodations for students without disabilities in order to fill critical gaps in both knowledge and practices in fields of special education and educational assessments. In Ontario, students at different grade levels were assessed by the provincial assessments developed by the Education Quality and Accountability Office…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Testing Accommodations, Standardized Tests
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Peterson, Shelley Stagg; McClay, Jill – Assessing Writing, 2010
This paper reports on the feedback and assessment practices of Canadian grades 4-8 teachers; the data are drawn from a national study of the teaching of writing at the middle grades in all ten Canadian provinces and two (of three) territories. Respondents were 216 grades 4-8 teachers from rural and urban schools. Data sources were audio-recorded…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Urban Schools, Writing Instruction, Elementary School Teachers