35th annual conference (2009)

Characterising Creativity: a holistic methodology for the assessment of creative works

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Dr. Andy Brader

This paper reports on the early stages of a design experiment in educational assessment that challenges the dichotomous legacy evident in many assessment activities. Combining social networking technologies with the…

Teacher assessment practices in South African schools

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Dr. Anil Kanjee

The Teacher Assessment Practices study was conducted by the Centre for Education Quality Improvement in collaboration with the National Department of Education as part of a national programme to implement…

THE EFFECT OF SCHOOL OWNERSHIP ON CANDIDATES’ PERFORMANCE AT THE WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE) IN NIGERIA

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Adelowo Maliki, Dr Modupe Oke

There have been contentions that school ownership is one factor that affects learning activities which in turn affect performance of students. There is also a widely held view that students…

Marking essays on screen: an investigation into the reliability of marking extended subjective texts

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), John F. Bell, Martin Johnson, Rita Nádas, Sylvia Green

There is a growing body of research literature that considers how the mode of assessment, either computer- or paper-based, might affect candidates&#8217, performances (Paek, 2005). Despite this, there is a…

Testing Generative Rather Than Convergent Thinking with Open-ended Tasks

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Doug McCurry

This paper considers the use of open-ended assessment tasks that test generative thinking as distinct from closed tasks that test convergent thinking. The notions of generative and convergent thinking are…

STUDY OF FAIRNESS IN THE PHILIPPINE APTITUDE CLASSIFICATION TEST

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Armi Lantano, M. Franco, Ma. Lourdes

Test fairness, according to Standards, has four characteristics. These are equitable treatment of all examinees in the testing process, the absence of bias, the equality of testing outcomes for examinee…

No news is good news? Talking to the public about the reliability of assessment

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Andrew Boyle, Annette Kinsella, Dennis Opposs

Quantifying the reliability (or unreliability) of assessment results is a central part of the work of assessment professionals. Although much remains to be done, methods for calculating and reporting reliability…

Externally moderated school-based assessment in Queensland – How we know that it works

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Jo MacDonald, Peter Jordan

In 1970 the last external Junior (Year 10) examinations were held in Queensland followed by the last external Senior (Year 12) examinations in 1972. Replacing the use of external examinations,…

An integrated approach to English as a Foreign Language assessment in a Chinese University: Teacher’s perspectives

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Qiuxian Chen

DIMENSIONS OF MONITORING AND ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS FOR PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Dr Felix Ikechukwu Williams Onwuakpa, Emmanuel I. Anyanwu

The credibility and quality of the results of public examinations in a given country depends to a large extent on the quality of the processes which are put in place…

35th annual conference (2009)

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