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Educational Measurement: Assessment Resource Kit., Geoff N. Masters
Educational Measurement: Assessment Resource Kit., Geoff N. Masters
Assessment Resource Kit
Educational measurement is the process of estimating students' locations (abilities) on a measurement variable from their responses to a set of items. Educational measurement is one in a series of magazines in the ACER Assessment Resource Kit (ARK). It contains five chapters: 1. What is 'measurement'?; 2. Aspiring to measure; 3. A model for measuring; 4. Mapping variables; 5. Reporting measures.
A Policy Makers Guide To Systemwide Assessment Programs, Margaret Forster
A Policy Makers Guide To Systemwide Assessment Programs, Margaret Forster
Policy Maker's Guides
This guide provides policy makers with research-based information about systemwide assessment programs. Good decision making at all levels of an education system is facilitated by easily accessible, relevant, and reliable information. Many indicators provide useful input to educational decision making; but the most important indicators are those which address the central concern of education: the promotion of student learning. Education systems monitor student learning—with the fundamental intention of promoting learning—by collecting, analysing and reporting student achievement data. Given that state, national and international achievement studies are both time consuming and expensive, it seems prudent to reflect on this effort: What …