The Reliability of Results from National Tests, Public Examinations, and Vocational Qualifications in England

Autor/inn/en	He, Qingping; Opposs, Dennis
Titel	The Reliability of Results from National Tests, Public Examinations, and Vocational Qualifications in England
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 18 (2012) 8, S.779-799 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
DOI	10.1080/13803611.2012.731777
Schlagwörter	Qualifications; Evidence; National Competency Tests; Foreign Countries; Test Reliability; Exit Examinations; Vocational Education; Licensing Examinations (Professions); Accountability; Certification; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Error of Measurement; Test Theory; Scoring Rubrics; Evaluation Methods; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Evidenz; Ausland; Testreliabilität; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Verantwortung; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Messfehler; Testtheorie; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen
Abstract	National tests, public examinations, and vocational qualifications in England are used for a variety of purposes, including the certification of individual learners in different subject areas and the accountability of individual professionals and institutions. However, there has been ongoing debate about the reliability and validity of their results. This debate prompted the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), the regulator of qualifications and examinations in England, to initiate its Reliability of Results Programme in 2008 to investigate the reliability of results from regulated assessments. The purpose of this programme was to gather evidence to develop regulatory policy on assessment reliability in order to improve the national assessment systems in England. This paper provides a brief introduction to the Reliability Programme, discusses its main findings to date and their implications, and explores the impact of the development of regulatory policy on reliability for regulated assessments in England. (Contains 6 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10