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Ministry of Education Position Paper: Assessment (2011)
The Ministry of Education has produced a position paper which outlines its vision for assessment. This is the first formal statement of position on assessment since the National Assessment Strategy in 1999. It describes what the assessment landscape should look like if assessment is to be used effectively to promote system-wide improvement within, and across, all layers of the schooling system. The paper, supported by national and international research including the 2009 DANZ report, places assessment firmly at the heart of effective teaching and learning.
The paper is available for download from the Ministry of Education website and is available in hard copy, published in 2011 by Learning Media Ltd.
Directions for Assessment in New Zealand (DANZ) report
Michael Absolum, Lester Flockton, John Hattie, Rosemary Hipkins, Ian Reid
This paper, published in March 2009, was written to provide broad advice to the Ministry of Education to guide and inform the design of new and improved strategies, policies, and plans for assessment.
The central premise of the paper is that all young people should be educated in ways that develop their capacity to assess their own learning. Students who have well-developed assessment capabilities are able and motivated to access, interpret, and use information from quality assessment in ways that affirm or further their learning.
In placing students at the centre of assessment practice, the advice in this paper is consistent with the best of current thinking, including the ideas behind ‘assessment for learning’, the use of assessment feedback to enhance teaching and learning, and professional learning designed to assist teachers to enhance their students’ assessment capabilities.
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Directions for Assessment in New Zealand (Word 234 KB)
Directions for Assessment in New Zealand (PDF 373 KB)