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Rodríguez, Inmaculada; Barceló, María-Luisa; Poveda, Belén; López-Gómez, Ernesto – Educational Process: International Journal, 2022
Background/purpose: This paper aims to examine school mentors' assessments on the degree of competences developed by preservice (candidate) teachers they supervise during teaching practicum (TP). Materials/methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with a questionnaire applied to 373 school mentors for the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Practicums, Mentors, Student Evaluation
Jennifer McCallum-Clementson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Numerous urban elementary schools have utilized reading intervention programs that provide remedial instruction to improve students' reading achievement levels. However, the success of these programs is contingent on the fidelity of implementation. Educators have long grappled with the best ways to support struggling readers, as they present with…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Urban Schools, Kindergarten
FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2017
This position statement presents a summative argument against current structures and practices of assessment in England's primary schools, and some key principles for its replacement. The text was agreed by More Than A Score, a broad coalition of professional, curriculum, research and campaigning organisations opposed to the current assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Accountability
Peterka, Judith; Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2015
This policy profile on education in Hungary is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge base, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Equal Education
Zapata, Juliana; Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Peterka, Judith; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2015
This policy profile on education in Brazil is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge base, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Equal Education
Miki, Tadakazu; Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Peterka, Judith; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2015
This policy profile on education in Japan is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge base, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Equal Education
Feser, Markus Sebastian; Plotz, Thomas – Open Education Studies, 2023
It can be suggested that pre-service primary school teachers' sense of belonging to science may be influential to their professionalization within university-based teacher education programs, which intend to prepare them for teaching natural sciences in primary school. Nevertheless, because only few studies have examined teachers' sense of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Sciences, Group Membership
Geva, Oren; Pont, Beatriz; Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Albiser, Etienne; Wittenberg, Désirée; Maghnouj, Soumaya; Fraccola, Sylvain – OECD Publishing, 2015
This policy profile on education in the United Kingdom (UK) is part of the new "Education Policy Outlook series," which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Equal Education
Knoester, Matthew; Meshulam, Assaf – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
In this paper, we analyze the harm that high-stakes standardized tests in the U.S. render to maintenance-oriented dual-language bilingual primary schools and, in particular, to minoritized bilingual learners. We argue that these schools must resist the negative incentives and prevailing logic that passing standardized tests is crucial for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Minority Group Students
Yusoff, Ahmad Shidki Mat; Said, Muhamad Sidek; Hanapi, Haslina; Nor, Azman Mohamed; Hashim, Harwati – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2020
Perhentian Island is a renowned islands by the locals and the tourists around the world. The island receives a high number of tourists every year. The high number of tourism activities has influenced the English communication skills among the locals who are using their own local dialect as a medium of communication. Nevertheless, based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tourism, English (Second Language), Communication Skills
Johnson, Sandra – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Assessing Learning in the Primary Classroom" is an accessible introduction to the concepts critical to a professional understanding of this vital aspect of a teacher's role. It comprehensively considers the principles underpinning effective assessment, the different forms it can take and the different purposes it serves, both within and beyond…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Elementary Education, Educational Assessment, Validity
Alexander, Robin – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2011
This article features the "Cambridge Primary Review." The "Review" has been supported from the beginning by Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, and this has given it the independence which is essential to its credibility. Its remit was to investigate, report and make recommendations on the condition and future of primary education in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Palardy, Gregory J.; Peng, Luyao – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
This study examines the effects of including the summer period on value-added assessments (VAA) of teacher and school performance at the early grades. The results indicate that 40-62% of the variance in VAA estimates originates from the summer period, depending on the outcome (i.e., reading or math achievement gains). Furthermore, when summer is…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, School Effectiveness
Kitano, Sachiko – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
This paper introduces the characteristics of early childhood care and education (ECCE) assessment and identifies current challenges and changes in the assessment of ECCE in Japan. There are differences in assessment between ECCE and elementary school education. Assessment in ECCE is used to focus on making better plans, improving the understanding…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Child Development, Elementary Education
Maxwell, Tom W.; Rinchen, Phub; Cooksey, Ray – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to trace the evolution of school assessment in Bhutan, briefly, as a background to considering the present and future school assessment issues especially as they relate to quality concerns and educational improvement in Bhutan. A benchmark for Bhutan, the National Educational Assessment (NEA) programme in Bhutan was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Benchmarking, Educational Improvement