The Career Preparation Assessment (Tailored Versions): Results and Analyses from the 1998-1999 Cohort

D McLaughlin; C Smorodin; T Smorodin; Michael J Timms

The Career Preparation Assessment (Tailored Versions): Results and Analyses from the 1998-1999 Cohort

D McLaughlin, C Smorodin, T Smorodin, Michael J Timms

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

A study was conducted to determine how the Career Preparation Assessment portfolio (CPA), tailored to be used in local school reform efforts, was implemented in 10 schools in 1998-99. The research was organized and reported using these four clusters of research questions: tailoring the CPA, implementation, student performance and assessment, and whole-school change. The study found that: (1) the tailoring process enabled schools to customize the CPA to their own needs and increase ownership; (2) the tailored CPA can be implemented successfully in schools possessing certain structural characteristics generally associated with schools that are engaged in a whole-school reform; (3) reliable scoring of the CPA requires a commitment to conducting scoring with substantial training; (4) student performance on the tailored CPA was acceptable to implementing teachers; and (5) a strong majority of project teachers believe the tailored CPA is a valuable teaching tool that promotes changes in classroom practice and can support school-wide reform.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Jul 2010

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Access to Document

http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED445267.pdf

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