Improving the Utility of Large-Scale Assessments in Canada

Autor/in	Rogers, W. Todd
Titel	Improving the Utility of Large-Scale Assessments in Canada
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Education, 37 (2014) 3, (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1918-5979
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Group Testing; Multidimensional Scaling; Evaluation Utilization; Program Administration; Scheduling; Evaluation Problems; Context Effect; Educational Diagnosis; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Time Management; Technical Assistance; Evidence; School Support; Elementary Secondary Education; Change Strategies; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gruppentest; Mehrdimensionale Analysis; Disposition; Pedagogical diagnostics; Pädagogische Diagnostik; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Zeitmanagement; Technische Hilfe; Evidenz; Schulförderverein; Lösungsstrategie; Kanada
Abstract	Principals and teachers do not use large-scale assessment results because the lack of distinct and reliable subtests prevents identifying strengths and weaknesses of students and instruction, the results arrive too late to be used, and principals and teachers need assistance to use the results to improve instruction so as to improve student learning. Therefore, it is recommended that the first assessment activity should be to clearly establish that the domain to be assessed is multidimensional. Given this, the assessment schedule should be changed so that a given subject area is assessed in non-consecutive years but the number of sittings remains the same each year. Assistance should be provided to principals and teachers so as to increase their understanding of how to use large-scale assessment results. Three suggested assessment cycles are presented, each of which increases the reliability of subtests and provides principals and teachers with at least two years to make changes in instruction. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01