A global education race now pits countries, regions, and school systems against one another. The racecourse has been created by a small number of influential international testing programs, and the popular media announces winners and...
Educational tests and measurements
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Author:Sellar, Sam, Thompson, Greg, Rutkowski, David, Berliner, David C., Sahlberg, PasiSummary: -
Author:Holmes, Jeffrey D.Summary:Great Myths of Education and Learning reviews the scientific research on a number of widely-held misconceptions pertaining to learning and education, including misconceptions regarding student characteristics, how students learn, and...
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A global education race now pits countries and school systems against one another. The race is being run in a couple of influential international testing programs and fear of being left behind haunts policy-makers and school leaders...
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Author:Benson, RichardSummary: -
Author:Conrad, Dianne, Openo, JasonSummary:For many learners assessment conjures up visions of red pens scrawling percentages in the top right-hand corner of exams and feelings of stress, inadequacy, and failure. Although negative student reactions to evaluation have been noted...
