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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Main Authors: Gavin Brown, Lois Harris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University 2009-06-01
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