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Attitudes to Fair Assessment in the Light of COVID-19
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Shaw, Stuart; Nisbet, Isabel – Research Matters, 2021
Was the approach proposed for calculating exam grades in summer 2020 fair? Were the grades eventually awarded (after policy changes) fair? What is a fair arrangement for 2021? These questions have been at the heart of debate in the UK in the light of COVID-19. After schools were closed in the spring of 2020 and the decision was made not to proceed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Adaptation of the British Sign Language Receptive Skills Test into Polish Sign Language
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Kotowicz, Justyna; Woll, Bencie; Herman, Rosalind – Language Testing, 2021
The evaluation of sign language proficiency needs to be based on measures with well-established psychometric proprieties. To date, no valid and reliable test is available to assess Polish Sign Language ("Polski Jezyk Migowy," PJM) skills in deaf children. Hence, our aim with this study was to adapt the British Sign Language Receptive…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Receptive Language, Sign Language, Language Proficiency
The Public Understanding of Error in Educational Assessment
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Gardner, John – Oxford Review of Education, 2013
Evidence from recent research suggests that in the UK the public perception of errors in national examinations is that they are simply mistakes; events that are preventable. This perception predominates over the more sophisticated technical view that errors arise from many sources and create an inevitable variability in assessment outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Public Opinion, Error of Measurement, Foreign Countries
A Short Form of the Teacher Rating Scale of School Adjustment
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Betts, Lucy R.; Rotenberg, Ken J. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2007
A total of 278 children at Time 1 (144 male and 134 female) from School Years 1 and 2 in the United Kingdom serve as participants. The children complete self-rated scales of school adjustment, and their teachers complete the Teacher Rating Scale of School Adjustment (TRSSA) twice across a 1-year period. At Time 1, children's performance on…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Test Validity, Achievement Tests, Rating Scales
Development of the Grammar and Phonology Screening (GAPS) Test to Assess Key Markers of Specific Language and Literacy Difficulties in Young Children
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Gardner, Hilary; Froud, Karen; McClelland, Alastair; van der Lely, Heather K. J. – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Despite a large body of evidence regarding reliable indicators of language deficits in young children, there has not been a standardized, quick screen for language impairment. The Grammar and Phonology Screening (GAPS) test was therefore designed as a short, reliable assessment of young children's language abilities. Aims: GAPS was…
Descriptors: Grammar, Phonology, Screening Tests, Reading Difficulties
National Testing at Seven: What Can It Tell Us?
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Gipps, Caroline – 1992
The use of performance based evaluation on a national scale with 7-year-olds in the United Kingdom is described, and the impact of national assessment on teaching practice and implications of this type of assessment are considered. The national assessment program in the United Kingdom started in earnest in 1991 when all 7-year-olds were assessed…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment, Elementary School Students