37th annual conference (2011)
37th annual conference (2011)
Assessment and the Challenge of Globalization
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE: INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT 126.84 KB 39 downloads
Malaysian multicultural society is typified by three major ethnic groups, namely...
Learning Levels of Grade V Students in Environmental Studies 238.26 KB 7 downloads
The Department of Educational Measurement and Evaluation of National Council of Educational...
CONTROLLING YOUR SELF-CONTROL - MYTHS AND REALITIES OF TRUE ASSESSMENT IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT 276.79 KB 9 downloads
The aim of this paper is to highlight the challenges of assessment systems in the...
Negotiating the context in multicultural classrooms in South Africa 120.93 KB 4 downloads
Teaching English as a Home Language in the South African context is fraught with...
An Investigation of International Science Achievement Using the OECD’s PISA 1 2006 Data Set 137.84 KB 8 downloads
This study uses hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to analyze data from PISA 2006...
The significance of international comparison of student achievement 97.29 KB 5 downloads
Governments, Educators and parents worldwide are increasingly becoming ,interested...
Instruction and assessment in multicultural contexts – A Case Study of 14 years as a Teacher and Examiner in a multicultural International School. 95.80 KB 7 downloads
Instructing students and assessing their work involves teacher assessment, in so...
A Look at Indigenizing Assessment 0.90 KB 7 downloads
,This paper follows the evolution of the Diversity Assessment Rubric at the...
Beyond comparisons: is there more to international benchmarking tests than comparisons between countries? 439.32 KB 7 downloads
The IEB provides the key school-leaving examination for independent schools that...
Characteristics of Raters: Reliable and Valid Versus Unreliable and Invalid 171.56 KB 8 downloads
,This study used the multi-faceted Rasch model, classical statistics and verbal...
School-based Assessment and Special Provisions in Multicultural Contexts 177.19 KB 4 downloads
This paper examines how Queensland’,s system of externally moderated school-based...
Estimating Examinee Intrinsic Difficulty for Providing Greater Specificity of Feedback for Instruction 1.08 MB 8 downloads
Intrinsic difficulties as opposed to proportion correct scores reflect judgments...
Marker ‘fatigue’ and marking reliability in Hong Kong’s Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers of English (LPATE) 182.99 KB 8 downloads
An increasing number of examination bodies around the world are replacing paperbased ,marking...
Standards, Standard setting and Accountability in the Netherlands. 112.72 KB 5 downloads
Declining PISA results and disappointing results on Computer Adaptive entrance tests...
The challenges of introducing new technologies globally 137.19 KB 4 downloads
National assessment bodies worldwide are making use of electronic marking of candidates', ,examination...
Between policy ideal and success falls the shadow: the challenge of building a literate culture in African home languages and providing access to English 174.29 KB 7 downloads
The South African Constitutions enshrines the right to basic education for all, mentioning...
CBAL: Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning 799.29 KB 9 downloads
CBAL, an acronym for Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning, is a...
Development of Mathematics Test Items 171.55 KB 28 downloads
IPST has responsible for improving quality of teaching and learning in Science, Mathematics...