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Measuring Learning Growth In A World Of Universal Education, Ross Turner
Measuring Learning Growth In A World Of Universal Education, Ross Turner
Ross Turner
ACER is leading the development of new ‘learning metrics’ – tools for measuring learning growth – as Ross Turner explains.
Item Panelling, Or Cognitive Walk-Through, Ross Turner
Item Panelling, Or Cognitive Walk-Through, Ross Turner
Ross Turner
Item panelling is a process with a long history at ACER. Essentially the same process is referred to in the US Cognitive Laboratory literature as a ‘cognitive walk-through’. Test development agencies in the UK use the phrase ‘item shredding’ to describe essentially the same process. Item panelling is one of a number of essential steps in the development of high quality test items. It is a means of subjecting draft test material to the scrutiny of experts who can provide a rigorous evaluation of the quality of the material, and where appropriate can propose ways in which the material may …