41st Annual Conference (2015)
Staff Perception of the Adoption of ICT for the Management of Data on Examination Malpractice
Examination boards often prescribe severe sanctions for engagement in examination malpracticebecause such actions undermine the integrity and validity of assessment. Errors in the data onexamination malpractice would therefore have serious…
Validity in the teaching – Learning process: a call for curriculum reforms
The content of what an everyday classroom teacher must learn to be effective has increased exponentially in line with the pressure of global change, as such, calls for change issues…
Assessment of valid science practical skills for Nigerian secondary schools: Teachers’ practices and militating factors
The teaching of science in Nigerian secondary schools has always assumed an important positionin the scheme of things because of the belief that it can accelerate technological development.Practical work in…
Analytical report as a tool in ensuring the validity of examinations
It is crucial for educational organization, especially those which main focus is testing ,assessment quality to ensure that students achieve the results stipulated by subject ,programme.Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools is implementing external summative…
A Preoperative Index for Construct Validity
Judgmental procedures fall short of restoring the desirable attributes of the test after it hasbeen administered. Preventive strategies must replace negating efforts. Perfect key reliability forinstance can always be ensured…
Validity issues in the reform of a practical science assessment: An English case study
Whilst assessments in national examinations are frequently modified, radical change, such as changes to the overall form and style of assessment, is infrequent. However, as part of a wider reform…
Survey of teachers’ attitude to the validity of instruments used for continuous assessment of basic education in north central geo-political zone of Nigeria
Continuous assessment (CA) is applied at all levels of education in the Nigerian school system but its implementation particularly at basic education levels is still fraught with hiccups. At federal…
Conceptualization and Implementation of Continuous Assessment in Tanzania: Fit for the purpose?
Continuous assessment in Tanzania aims at ensuring that students’, learning is continually assessed and incorporated into the final grade attained at the end of schooling. This study explored the conceptualization…
Is it valid to treat assessment grades from different subjects the same?
Some say that it is meaningless to compare standards in different subjects to each other. Butwhat if those standards are actually different but become a common currency so that, forexample,…