E-assessment for improving learning
In the United Kingdom, recent emphases in teaching have the requirement that each child has a personalised curriculum, planned in the light of comprehensive, continuous assessment evidence. This approach is…
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The advantages of the implementation of test methods in teaching Azerbaijani History
In 2004-2006, it was conducted a monitoring to investigate the impact on the quality of pupils’, knowledge and capacities of test exams on the history of Azerbaijan in the secondary…
Achievements and Attitudes in the Learning and Teaching of Mother Tongue and Mathematics in Grades 4 and 9 in the Republic of Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijan National Assessment Study (ANAS) was planned as part of the second stage of the Azerbaijan Education Reform Project. It was carried out by Cito, the Dutch Institute for…
Moderation as a Quality Management Tool
The process of evaluating the quality of assessments carried out in both educational institutions and in the workplace raises challenges for any National Qualifications system. In New Zealand we have…
The Rules without Principles ——-The consideration of the assessment of the breakthrough thinking mode education
Educational assessment serves for the education. The content of education makes a decision on the direction and approach of the assessment, and meanwhile it has been the factor which is…
Assessment in Admission of Civil Service
On the 18th October 1991 the Republic of Azerbaijan achieving state independence confidently entered into the international relations. The republic keeps on reforming in the direction of the national state…
Response Times for Mathematics Items in Computer Adaptive Testing in Secondary Schools
An advantage of computer based testing over conventional paper and pen based testing is that response time to items from those taking the test can be accurately recorded for subsequent…
New demands, changing values: applications of connoisseurship to the assessment of personal qualities and attributes in diverse cultural and educational settings.
Education and employment are changing. New technologies and new working practices, globalisation, and changing markets mean that there is an increasing need for people who are adaptable, willing to learn,…
EQUITY AND FAIRNESS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIAN POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ENGLISH: THE FACTORS OF INFLUENCE
The medium of instruction at most levels of education and the lingua franca of Nigeria remains the English language as stipulated in the National Policy on Education (NPE). Therefore, the…
The comparability of onscreen and paper and pencil tests: no further research required?
This paper presents an analysis of the first national high-stakes onscreen assessments offered in the United Kingdom, and considers the research and policy agendas required to support their development and…