Overview
Gives a broad cross-national perspective on educational assessment in Europe
Shows the complexity as well as the connections in assessment policy, practice and strategies
Offers a broad perspective on educational assessment as well as a closer look in 21 country specific chapters
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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About this book
The chapters in the first part offer a broad overview on student assessment covering history and current status, aims and approaches as well as methodological challenges of international student assessment. The second part presents country specific chapters provide an in depth look examining country specific policy and practices and findings of national and/or international assessments. Findings are critically discussed and recommendations are made for further development of each country's assessment context.
The book shows similarities and differences within the educational assessment landscape as well as complexity and similarities in assessment policy documents and strategies, Given the globalized world we live in today, this book fills a need in the higher educational context and is intended for for policy makers in different countries as well.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Nele McElvany is a professor and the executive director of the Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS) at TU Dortmund University and has been a member of its board of directors since 2010. She heads the working group “Empirical Educational Research with a Focus on Teaching and Learning K-12”. Her research is on designing in-depth, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies using questionnaires, tests, video-based observations and experimental designs with large-scale data analyses. Her work on individual, social and institutional conditions of educational processes and outcomes is nationally and internationally presented in conferences and publications.
Justine Stang is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS) at TU Dortmund University. She earned her PhD in Psychology in 2017. Her recent work focuses on social and educational psychology research themes like stereotype threat, instructional quality or teacher judgement accuracy. Her research is on cross-sectional and longitudinal studies using questionnaires, tests and experimental designs with large-scale data analyses. Her work is nationally and internationally presented in conferences and publications.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Monitoring Student Achievement in the 21st Century
Book Subtitle: European Policy Perspectives and Assessment Strategies
Editors: Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Nele McElvany, Justine Stang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38969-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38968-0Published: 02 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38971-0Published: 02 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-38969-7Published: 01 April 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 279
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations
Topics: Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education