Assessment Reform: Students' and Teachers' Responses to the Introduction of Stretch and Challenge at A-Level

Autor/inn/en	Daly, Anthony L.; Baird, Jo-Anne; Chamberlain, Suzanne; Meadows, Michelle
Titel	Assessment Reform: Students' and Teachers' Responses to the Introduction of Stretch and Challenge at A-Level
Quelle	In: Curriculum Journal, 23 (2012) 2, S.139-155 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-5176
DOI	10.1080/09585176.2012.678683
Schlagwörter	Test Preparation; Student Evaluation; Student Attitudes; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Thinking Skills; Educational Opportunities; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Policy; Test Theory; Program Implementation; Curriculum Enrichment; Test Content; Testing; Participant Satisfaction; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Denkfähigkeit; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Lehrerverhalten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Testtheorie; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Testaufgabe; Testdurchführung; Testen
Abstract	This paper describes an exploration into a reform of the A-level qualification in England in 2008; namely, the introduction of the "stretch and challenge" policy. This policy was initiated by the exams regulator and determined that exam papers should be redesigned to encourage the application of higher order thinking skills, both in the classroom and in examinations. The present study comprised two strands that explored the perceptions of students (n = 39) and teachers (n = 27) regarding the degree to which the incorporation of opportunities for stretch and challenge in the new examination papers had been achieved, and the likely effects on teaching, learning and exam preparation. On the whole, students and teachers welcomed the stretch and challenge policy and there were some indications that changes to the design of question papers could have some positive backwash effects. (Contains 2 notes and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10