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ERIC Number: EJ410850
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Classroom Processes in Evaluating Student Achievement.
Wilson, Robert J.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v36 n1 p4-17 Mar 1990
Studies processes in 49 Canadian K-13 classrooms to identify teachers' student achievement evaluation methods. Teacher interviews and categorization of their testing instruments showed teachers beyond early primary grades used evaluations mainly to generate marks for reporting purposes. Such reports seen as reaffirming existing judgments, rather than developing student achievement. (TES)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Grading, Student Evaluation, Test Use, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: British Columbia; Canada; Classroom Assessment; Ontario
Note: Theme issue with title "Assessment in the Classroom."