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High-stakes literacy tests and local effects in a rural school [PDF]
The Australian journal of language and literacy, 2013 High-stakes literacy testing is now a ubiquitous educational phenomenon. However, it remains a relatively recent phenomenon in Australia. Hence it is possible to study the ways in which such tests are reorganising educators’ work during this period of ...
P. Cormack, B. Comber
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IELTS Washback Effect and Instructional Planning: The Role of IELTS-Related Experiences of Iranian EFL Teachers (Research Article) [PDF]
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2021 High-stakes tests exert impacts on teachers’ perceptions, methodology, practices, and materials used in the classroom. However, previous research studies have overlooked the role of teachers’ past experiences in the tests and their instructional planning
Masoomeh Estaji, Farhad Ghiasvand
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Language Testing in Asia, 2022 High-stakes language tests are used around the world as a gatekeeping tool under the internationalization of higher education. However, the predictable aspect of the high-stakes language tests is seldom discussed, especially from students’ perspectives ...
Hui Ma, Sin Wang Chong
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017 Based on a research project comprising data from an interview study and a survey with teachers and school principals in four German federal states (Bundesländer), this paper questions the claim that the side effects of accountability in education are ...
Corrie Thiel +2 more
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WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE LOW-STAKES ASSIGNMENTS?; pp. 417–432 [PDF]
Trames, 2013 The main purpose of this study is to explore which students of Estonian higher education institutions are willing to take low-stakes tests which have no direct consequences for them. Altogether 603 first-year undergraduates from different institutions of
Mari-Liis Mägi +3 more
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Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, 2005 A comparison of the testing movements in China and Washington State reveals a strange irony. While education in Washington, under State and National imperatives, is becoming test driven, China is trying to move away from 14 centuries of test driven ...
Jane Liu, Rita Seedorf
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Teaching or testing, which matters more? Transition among education levels in Turkey
International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2023 This study analyses the alignment between educational policy of Turkey and high stakes tests administered for transitioning from secondary to high schools. Research questions focus on the opinions of secondary school teachers about the alignment between
Erdem aksoy
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Reducing adverse impact in high-stakes testing
Intelligence, 2021 A critical goal for psychological science in the 21st century is to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in occupational contexts. One arena which will continue to benefit from a focus on equity is high-stakes testing, such as the assessments used for
Alexander P. Burgoyne +2 more
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Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019 State-mandated tests have taken center stage for assessing student learning and for holding teachers and students accountable for achieving adequate progress.
Emily R. Fyfe +2 more
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The Relationship between Secondary School Teachers' Curriculum Fidelity and National High Stake Tests [PDF]
Athens Journal of EducationIn this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between secondary school teachers' curriculum fidelity and their views on central exams. The study was designed with relational survey model. The population of the study consists of Turkish language,
Tuncay Ardıç +2 more
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