The Debate on Learning Assessments in Developing Countries

Autor/inn/en	Wagner, Daniel A.; Lockheed, Marlaine; Mullis, Ina; Martin, Michael O.; Kanjee, Anil; Gove, Amber; Dowd, Amy Jo
Titel	The Debate on Learning Assessments in Developing Countries
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 42 (2012) 3, S.509-545 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2012.670480
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Educational Assessment; Reading Tests; Measurement; Educational Policy; Educational Improvement; International Programs; Testing Programs; Elementary Education; Egypt; Gambia; Kenya; Liberia; South Africa; Uruguay; Vietnam; Progress in International Reading Literacy Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Lesetest; Messverfahren; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Elementarunterricht; Ägypten; Kenia; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Over the past decade, international and national education agencies have begun to emphasize the improvement of the quality (rather than quantity) of education in developing countries. This trend has been paralleled by a significant increase in the use of educational assessments as a way to measure gains and losses in quality of learning. As interest in assessment has grown, low-income countries have begun to adopt and adapt international and other assessments for a variety of uses, including the comparability of national quality with other countries, improved ways of measuring reading achievement, and further attempts to reach marginalized populations within a country. The present group of papers provides multiple perspectives on the debate currently underway about the best approaches to create and use learning assessments in low-income countries. (Contains 7 figures and 9 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10