The Design and Implementation of an Assessment Method Combining Formative and Summative Use of Assessment (original) (raw)

Strand 11 focused on a wide range of issues related to the evaluation and assessment of student learning and development, both on an individual and classroom level and on a national and international level. The use of assessment instruments (like tests, questionnaires etc.), as tools for exploring and answering other research questions of interest, is not part of the strand mission. In Strand 11 the focus is primarily on the instrument itself, the emphasis is on the development, implementation, validation and use of assessment instrumentsand on the consequences of the use of the instruments. These can include standardized tests, achievement tests, high stakes tests, and instruments for measuring attitudes, interests, beliefs, self-efficacy, science process skills and competences, conceptual understandings, and so on. They may be developed with a view to making assessment more 'authentic' in some sense, to facilitate formative use of assessment, or to improve summative assessment of student learning.