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Assessments To Support Quality Teaching And Learning, Charlotte Waters May 2015

Assessments To Support Quality Teaching And Learning, Charlotte Waters

International Developments

The focus of post-2015 development goals on educational quality for all is directing attention to assessments that support quality teaching and learning, as Charlotte Waters explains.


Measuring Learning Growth In A World Of Universal Education, Ross Turner May 2015

Measuring Learning Growth In A World Of Universal Education, Ross Turner

International Developments

ACER is leading the development of new ‘learning metrics’ – tools for measuring learning growth – as Ross Turner explains.


The Cure For Early Grades Assessment Difficulties? Take A Tablet, Maurice Walker May 2015

The Cure For Early Grades Assessment Difficulties? Take A Tablet, Maurice Walker

International Developments

Monitoring educational development in the early years of schooling is vital if practitioners, and policy makers, are to support students’ learning, but the assessment of student achievement in developing countries can be a logistical headache. Maurice Walker reports on an innovative approach to assessment using tablets that is addressing that.