Contemporary Perspectives on Research in Educational Assessment

• Published in: IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc
• Main Author: Khine, Myint Swe, Ed
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc 2020
• Subjects: 21st Century Skills; Achievement Tests; Educational Assessment; Educational Research; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; English Language Learners; Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Grade 4; Higher Education; International Assessment; Mathematics Achievement; Mathematics Tests; Peer Evaluation; Reading Achievement; Reading Tests; Science Achievement; Science Tests; Student Evaluation; Writing Apprehension
• ISBN: 9781641139380; 1641139382

Assessment and evaluation have always been an integral part of educational process. Quality and purposeful assessment can assist in students' learning and their achievement. While there has been a rapid growth in international, standardized student assessments in the past few decades, a large number of education systems participating in these assessments are now focusing their attention on developing new national, within-country assessments to evaluate educational standards and to modify the curriculum to better suit to the demands of the 21st century. Education systems that are successful in linking the national curriculum and assessments directly to international standards are performing better on international standardized assessments of reading, mathematics, and science. This book covers studies related to educational assessment in addressing quality of education and performance improvement. The book presents the distinguished and exemplary works by educators and researchers in the field highlighting the contemporary trends and issues, creative and unique approaches, innovative methods, frameworks, pedagogies and theoretical and practical aspects in assessment processes in various educational settings. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Treasures in Trends: Analyses of TIMSS and PIRLS Trends Using Contextual Data (Martin Hooper, Yifan Bai, and Markus Broer); (2) Program for International Student Assessment: Constancy, Evolution, and Innovation (Miyako Ikeda); (3) Development of a Measurement Approach to Assess 21st Century Skills (Claire Scoular and Michael Timms); (4) Advances in Measuring "Hard-to-Measure" Skills (Patrick C. Kyllonen); (5) The Future of Assessment: How Will AI, Automation, and Machine Learning Change How We Develop and Deliver Assessments? (Nathan Thompson); (6) The Effects of Peer Assessment vs. Teacher Assessment on the Writing Apprehension of English Learners (Isil Ipek Kanat Küçüktezcan, Sölen Altay, and Enisa Mede); (7) Conceptions of Assessment Among Teachers: A Validation Study (Farouq Almeqdadi, Myint Swe Khine, and Ernest Afari); and (8) Understanding Assessment Experiences and Perceptions of International Students in Higher Education (Mürüvvet Çolakoglu and Derin Atay).