38th annual conference (2012)

Critical Issue: Improving Classroom Assessment in Secondary Schools in Nigeria

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Irene Ovekairi Iluobe

Classroom assessments are designed and administered by classroom teachers. These assessments plays essential role in determining students progression from one class to another and as continuous assessment for high-stake examinations.…

Essential assessment literacies for teachers: A focus on learning improvement and accountability

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Claire Wyatt-Smith, Peta Colbert

Internationally there is ample evidence of the high priority given to educational assessment, with governments increasingly calling for evidence of student and school achievement. Against this backdrop, this paper addresses…

From laissez-faire to standardized tests to holistic assessment: Efforts to infuse “authentic intellectual quality” into the Malay language assessment tasks in Singapore

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Dr. Sa’eda Buang

Secular education in the form of Malay school was not introduced in Singapore until the coming of the British colonial in late 19th century. &#160,In the early years of its…

Assessing the level of state language proficiency of the citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan by testing method

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Abdykhalikov Aidos Tursynbayevich, Sadvakassova Mira Gazizovna Gazizovna

In multinational and independent Kazakhstan according to official figures there are more than 130 nationalities. The status of state language in the country has been defined by the Constitution of…

Understanding Assessment for Learning values and practices across diverse contexts

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Martin Johnson, Paul Warwick, Stuart Shaw

This research builds on earlier work which explored the complexities surrounding the development and embedding of successful Assessment for Learning (AfL) practices in centres across diverse international Cambridge (Cambridge International…

Test administration procedures of public examinations in Nigeria: implications for the west african senior school certificate examination

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Austine Aidokhai, Comfort Agwu, Patrick Areghan

Assessment outcome in Public Examinations is dependent on many variables ranging from the learning process, quality of the assessment instruments to the test administration process and procedure. &#160,The West African…

Evaluating the impact of the Bahrain National Examinations: teacher and student perceptions

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Abdulridha Ali Al-Aradi, Noor Alsayed, Wafa Al-Yaqoobi

During 2011, University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and the National Examinations Unit (NEU) in Bahrain jointly delivered the third cycle of Grade 3 and Grade 6 National Examinations and…

An Evaluation of Science Textbooks

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Duangkamon Wannaweerachote, Precharn Dechsri, Somruetai Chaiyapo, Supattra Pativisan

The Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum B.E. 2551 (A.D. 2008) has stipulated that educational institutions should promote and support the utilization of various high-quality learning medias to develop individual student…

Creating high stakes tests that have a positive effect on instruction and performance

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), Glenroy Cumberbatch

The Role of Credential Evaluation in Educational Assessment

August 2, 2018

38th annual conference (2012), NULL

As student mobility increases throughout the world, and the competition for students increases, the process of evaluating the formal and non-formal educational credentials of international student applicants becomes more and…

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