Unintended Consequences of using Tests to Improve Learning: How Improvement-Oriented Resources Heighten Conceptions of Assessment as School Accountability
Over the past decade, the New Zealand government has created a set of resources to support teachers’ use of assessment for learning. These include Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning (asTTle), a software program enabling teachers to create personalized but standardized tests for diagnostic pu...
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Language: | English |
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The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University
2009-06-01
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Series: | Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation |
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Online Access: | http://survey.ate.wmich.edu/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/236/230 |