No area of language assessment research in the past 20 years has received a greater
increase in attention than washback research. Beginning with the seminal work of Alderson …

Analisam-se, neste artigo, três gerações de avaliação da educação em larga escala, a partir
dos objetivos e desenhos usuais em iniciativas implementadas no Brasil. A primeira …

As a result of the standards‐based movement in education there is an increased need for
teacher competency in the area of student assessment and evaluation. This study examines …

This paper discusses the emergence of assessment for learning (AfL) across the globe with
particular attention given to Western educational jurisdictions. Authors from Australia …

Estudo realizado em 2006 sobre os sistemas de avaliação de cinco estados brasileiros
concluiu que houve melhoras significativas no desenho técnico dos instrumentos e na …

Twenty teachers working in elementary and secondary schools were interviewed from 2
school districts in southern Ontario, Canada about their understanding and use of particular …

With a substantial increase in the numbers of English language learners in schools,
particularly in countries where English is the primary use first language, it is vital that …

Within the current accountability context of education in the United States and Canada, there
is a clear need to educate teachers on effectively using assessments to support, measure …

Educational policies such as Race to the Top in the USA affirm a central role for testing
systems in government-driven reform efforts. Such reform policies are often referred to as the …

Undergirded by “economic theory of the principal–agent problem”, the study investigated
secondary school teachers' perception of the influence of large-scale testing accountability …