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Standards-Referenced Assessment for Vocational Education and Training in Schools
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Griffin, Patrick; Gillis, Shelley; Calvitto, Leanne – Australian Journal of Education, 2007
This study examined a model of assessment that could be applied nationally for Year Twelve Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects and which could yield both a differentiating score and recognition of competence. More than fifty colleges across all states and territories of Australia field-tested the approach over one school year. Results…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Principles Underpinning Graded Assessment in VET: A Critique of Prevailing Perceptions
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Gillis, Shelley; Griffin, Patrick – International Journal of Training Research, 2005
To help achieve national consistency of assessment and reporting in the Australian Vocational Education and Training sector, there is a need to develop a set of national principles for graded performance assessment. This paper challenges a number of prevailing principles from both a theoretical and assessment perspective, namely that grades must…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Vocational Education, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Assessing in VET: Issues of Reliability and Validity. Review of Research.
Gillis, Shelley; Bateman, Andrea – 1999
The literature on issues of the reliability and validity of objective and performance assessments in vocational education and training was reviewed and synthesized to develop guidelines for procedures to enhance reliability and validity. The review established the following facts: (1) validity is determined largely through inferences made by both…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests