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Direct linkDaniel Pettersson; Andreas Nordin – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2023
This volume centres the notion of "chance" in education as a key concept in contemporary education -- relating to aspects like accountability, datafication, or international large-scale assessments -- and discusses the impact that the historical desire to "tame" this notion has had on present-day educational policy and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Use, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Lauder, Hugh, Ed.; Young, Michael, Ed.; Daniels, Harry, Ed.; Balarin, Maria, Ed.; Lowe, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
The promise, embraced by governments around the world, is that the knowledge economy will provide knowledge workers with a degree of autonomy and permission to think which enables them to be creative and to attract high incomes. What credence should we give to this promise? The current economic crisis is provoking a reappraisal of both economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Constructivism (Learning), Social Class
Peer reviewedPeterson, Elizabeth R.; Irving, S. Earl – Learning and Instruction, 2008
This study investigated secondary school students' conceptions of assessment and feedback. Five focus groups were conducted with 41 Year 9 and 10 students (equivalent to Grades 8 and 9 in other countries) from 4 diverse New Zealand schools. Students said that assessment was useful because it led to information and feedback. This information, in…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Student Improvement, Teacher Improvement, Feedback (Response)
Bovaird, James A., Ed.; Geisinger, Kurt F., Ed.; Buckendahl, Chad W., Ed. – APA Books, 2011
Educational assessment and, more broadly, educational research in the United States have entered into an era characterized by a dramatic increase in the prevalence and importance of test score use in accountability systems. This volume covers a selection of contemporary issues about testing science and practice that impact the nation's public…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Test Use, Student Placement, Educational Research
Corwin Press, 2004
Thomas R. Guskey and Robert J. Marzano bring together leaders in the field of educational assessment to offer a multi-book series with the most up to date standards available. Comprehensive yet accessible. Research-based yet practical. This concise series addresses essential assessment concepts with solutions for today's educational challenges.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Scoring Rubrics, Graduate Students
