Newsletter article
Large-scale assessments in Canada
NCME Newsletter, Vol.16(3), pp.9-14
10/2008
Abstract
Recently, there has been an increase in the number and purposes of large-scale educational assessment programs in Canada. However, due to the provincial/territorial control of education throughout Canada (Note 1), it is not known to what extent the format and purposes of these assessment programs vary. Therefore, the central purpose of the present paper is to document the format and explicit purposes of the current large-scale assessment programs in each of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories. Using document analysis of publicly accessible policy documents, examination of Ministry websites, and telephone interviews with Ministry (Department) of Education officials, the explicit purposes for each assessment were identified. At the same time, the general characteristics of the assessments were obtained. The article begins with these general characteristics to provide a context in which to present and discuss the explicit purposes. This order was adopted given the controversy surrounding the purposes of large-scale assessments in the provinces and territories (Rogers & Klinger, 2007).
Details
- Title
- Large-scale assessments in Canada
- Authors/Creators
- Don A. Klinger Professor - Murdoch University, Vice ChancelleryW. Todd Rogers - Centre for Advancing Health OutcomesT. MillerChristopher DeLuca - Queen's University
- Publication Details
- NCME Newsletter, Vol.16(3), pp.9-14
- Publisher
- National Council on Measurement in Education
- Identifiers
- 991005619767807891
- Copyright
- The Newsletter is not copyrighted
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Vice Chancellery
- Resource Type
- Newsletter article
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