The cure for early grades assessment difficulties? Take a tablet

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Abstract

Monitoring educational development in the early years of schooling is vital if practitioners, and policy makers, are to support students’ learning, but the assessment of student achievement in developing countries can be a logistical headache. Maurice Walker reports on an innovative approach to assessment using tablets that is addressing that.

Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Developments
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ACER Centre for Global Education Monitoring (GEM)
  • Afghanistan
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Assessment
  • Early grades
  • Lesotho
  • Literacy and numeracy assessment
  • Offline tablets
  • Tablet computers
  • Tablets

Disciplines

  • Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
  • International and Comparative Education

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