Using Assessment Data to Inform Instruction: A Teacher’s Perspective

Anit Girgla; Ashtamurthy Killimangalam

Using Assessment Data to Inform Instruction: A Teacher’s Perspective

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

<div class="line" id="line-9"> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> The assessment tool discussed in this paper is the International Benchmark Test, an internationally administered programme of assessments developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research. The assessment programme consists of assessments for grade 3 to 10 in English, mathematics and science. This particular programme was chosen as it is a standardised assessment that provides individualised diagnostic feedback for each participating student </span> <s> <span style='font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;'> s </span> </s> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> . The feedback takes the form of reports that describe student performance at the item level through item descriptors, as well as for a number of disciplinary sub-skills. Students are also placed on a proficiency scale that provides a path for progress in the subject area. This information is available to teachers for each student in the class and for the class as a whole </span></div>

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - May 2017
Event	4th International Conference of the Asian Association for Language Assessment - Duration: 1 May 2017 → …

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference of the Asian Association for Language Assessment
Period	1/05/17 → …

Keywords

Asessment
Assessment Data
IBT
Qualitative Study
Teacher Training
professional Development

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
Educational Methods
Language and Literacy Education

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