Testing and Instruction: Partners in Educational Excellence.

Autor/inn/en	Abebe, Solomon; Sands, Brenda F.
Titel	Testing and Instruction: Partners in Educational Excellence.
Quelle	(1993), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Context Effect; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Pluralism; Curriculum Enrichment; Educational Strategies; Elementary Secondary Education; Global Approach; Measures (Individuals); Minority Groups; Multicultural Education; Relevance (Education); Student Evaluation; Teaching Methods; Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kulturpluralismus; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Lehrstrategie; Globales Denken; Messdaten; Ethnische Minderheit; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Relevance; Relevanz; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Testdurchführung; Testen
Abstract	Testing and instruction are sometimes seen as unrelated elements in the educational process, rather than as integrated components. This paper, organized in three sections, views testing and instruction as complements in the educational process, taking into account both testing and instruction in schools and classrooms with diverse student populations where cross cultural awareness, mutual respect, and mutual understanding become essential parts of the curriculum. In the first section, a variety of instructional methods are reviewed. The advantages of each method, with an eye to student needs as well as preparation for a multicultural world, are considered. The second section discusses assessment in a real world context; a distinction between test and assessment is drawn; and context-relevant assessment is presented as a sound way to meet the challenges of accountability. Appropriate assessment allows students to demonstrate skills without discriminating against minority students' special learning needs, styles, or difficulties. The final section considers how instruction and assessment can be integrated to meet both the needs of the learner and the challenge of a complex, interrelated, and multicultural world. (Contains 44 references.) (Author/LL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC