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Peer reviewedWilson, Robert J. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Studies processes in 49 Canadian K-13 classrooms to identify teachers' student achievement evaluation methods. Teacher interviews and categorization of their testing instruments showed teachers beyond early primary grades used evaluations mainly to generate marks for reporting purposes. Such reports seen as reaffirming existing judgments, rather…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedNewton, Paul E. – British Educational Research Journal, 1997
Focuses on Subject-Pair Analysis, a technique for comparing examinations in different subjects, to demonstrate that reliance on statistical comparisons of standards between subjects is misplaced. Explicates the fundamental assumptions underlying the Subject-Pair Analysis. Argues that this and related analyses are inappropriate for dealing with the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
