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It has become increasingly common for students in New Zealand schools to sit tests using a computer. Sometimes a computer-administered test and a paper-and-pencil version of the same test are used...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In this edition of Assessment News we take a close look at the new Supplementary Tests of Achievement in Reading (STAR). In particular, we consider how confident teachers can be in...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: 
set2013_1_071.pdf | Content type: Set article | Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article From time to time the New Zealand Council for Educational Research is asked how test results can contribute to making an Overall Teacher Judgement (OTJ). This is an important and complex question and...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Test scores reduce complex phenomena, such as achievement in mathematics or ability to comprehend a written text, to numbers. If a test has done a good job of testing what it was designed to assess,...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Assessment in schools is often concerned with generating student-achievement information in specific learning areas. However, we can use assessment techniques to collect a wider range of information...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article NZCER is committed to developing new assessment tools for use by New Zealand schools. Here we describe three of the development projects that are currently underway that may be of interest to...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Sometimes a test can be too easy for some or all of the test takers, resulting in a large number of perfect or near-perfect scores. When this happens the test results are sometimes described as...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article These days we are keen to make the most of our test data, particularly when it comes to informing next steps for teaching and learning. Sometimes we may examine how students have responded to...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article This article explains how to use percentiles in interpreting test results, and decision making about teaching and learning.
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article