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Wildy, Helen; Styles, Irene – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2008
This paper reports analysis of 2006-2007 on-entry assessment data from the Performance Indicators in Primary Schools Baseline Assessment (PIPS-BLA) of random samples of students in England, Scotland, New Zealand and Australia. The analysis aimed, first, to investigate the validity and reliability of that instrument across countries and sexes, and,…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Comparative Education
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Threlfall, John; Pool, Peter; Homer, Matthew; Swinnerton, Bronwen – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
This article explores the effect on assessment of "translating" paper and pencil test items into their computer equivalents. Computer versions of a set of mathematics questions derived from the paper-based end of key stage 2 and 3 assessments in England were administered to age appropriate pupil samples, and the outcomes compared.…
Descriptors: Test Items, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Test Validity