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ERIC Number: EJ602668
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1380-3611
Equity Issues in Performance Assessment: The Contribution of Teacher-Assessed Coursework to Gender-Related Differences in Examination Performance.
Elwood, Jannette
Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), v5 n4 p321-34 Dec 1999
Discusses the consequences for equity issues in testing and evaluation that come with the inclusion of performance assessment components in public examinations. Uses data from the British General Certificate of Secondary Education to show effects on course work offered and gender equity and that student evaluation does not always function as expected. (SLD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, Prevention, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Student Evaluation, Test Results, Test Use
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: General Certificate of Secondary Education; United Kingdom