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The problem of enactment: The influence of teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs on their uptake and implementation of feedback-related ideas and practices

Using an interpretive, qualitative case study methodology, the current study investigated 20 primary school teachers’ beliefs and understandings about feedback, and the use of feedback to enhance...

| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Perceptions of the effectiveness of feedback: School leaders’ perspectives

Feedback on students’ written assignments has been deemed critical for improvement. Although teachers’ and students’ views on feedback have been examined, school leaders’ perceptions of what...

| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Determining meaning for key competencies via assessment practices

Author(s): Rosemary (Rose) Hipkins MNZM

Some schools have expended considerable effort to create assessment rubrics as part of building an initial understanding of the key competencies in The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education,...

| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Rethinking large-scale assessment

This paper examines the implications of using large-scale assessment results (a) to make judgements about student achievement of educational goals and (b) to provide educators with directions for...