National literacy assessment: the identification of students ‘at risk’ in Cyprus
| Autor: | Alexandra Petridou, Yiasemina Karagiorgi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Compulsory education computer.software_genre Assessment for learning Literacy Education Formative assessment 0504 sociology Summative assessment Educational assessment Pedagogy Medicine business 0503 education computer Functional illiteracy At-risk students media_common |
| Zdroj: | Research Papers in Education. 34:1-13 |
| ISSN: | 1470-1146 0267-1522 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02671522.2017.1329341 |
| Popis: | Several national testing processes, involving the administration of standardised tests, are implemented widely worldwide to provide individual summative and formative assessment and/or monitor the quality of educational systems. The longitudinal national Programme for Functional Literacy (PfL) in Cyprus resembles a primarily formative testing process, oriented towards ‘assessment for learning’. Specifically, focus is placed on the identification of students ‘at risk’ of school failure at two stages of compulsory education -Years 3 and 6- so as to effectively support them within the educational system. This article presents the basic theoretical, contextual and methodological underpinnings of the PfL and briefly discusses key findings. The authors mainly argue about the potential of this formative national research programme to impact educational policy and practice with regards to the management of school populations ‘at risk’, also drawing on the challenges involved in such an endeavour. |
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