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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Iipinge, Sakaria M.; Kasanda, Choshi D. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2013
Aligning curriculum change and assessment reforms has been a topic of great concern in Namibia for over the past 23 years. This is because during the pre-colonial period and continuing in post-independence Namibia, national examinations have been used mainly for the certification and selection of learners at Junior and Senior secondary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Articulation (Education), Curriculum, Educational Change
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Phelan, Julia C.; Choi, Kilchan; Niemi, David; Vendlinski, Terry P.; Baker, Eva L.; Herman, Joan – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2012
This paper describes results from field testing of middle-school math formative assessments alongside professional development and instructional resources. We employed a randomised, controlled design to address the question: Does using our formative assessment strategies improve student performance on assessments of key mathematical ideas relative…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Formative Evaluation