Evidence from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and How Teachers and Their Practice Can Benef
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an international comparative evaluation of reading literacy of Grade 4 (9 year-old) learners.
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Monitoring the Quality of Education in Schools Examples of Feedback into Systems from Developed and Emerging Economies
Edited by Vanessa Scherman University of South Africa, South Africa Roel J. Bosker University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Sarah J. Howie University of Pretoria, South Africa
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ISBN: 978-94-6300-451-0 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-452-7 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-453-4 (e-book)
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Prefacevii 1. The Role of Monitoring in Enhancing the Quality of Education Vanessa Scherman and Roel J. Bosker
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Section 1: Conceptual Issues 2. Feedback of Monitoring Data and Its Role in Decision Making at School and Classroom Level Kim Schildkamp and Elizabeth Archer 3. Understanding Monitoring Systems in Different Contexts: A Focus on Curriculum Development, Teacher Agency and Monitoring Systems: A Proposed Monitoring System to Support Teaching and Learning in a Changing Society Caroline Long and Tim Dunne 4. Monitoring, Accountability and Professional Knowledge: Reflections on South African Schooling Nick Taylor
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5. Monitoring and School Self-Evaluation: Examples of and Implications for South Africa 53 Vanessa Scherman and William Fraser Section 2: Worked Examples 6. The Role of Feedback Report Characteristics and User Professionalisation in Using Student Monitoring Systems for Data-Driven Decision Making 77 Fabienne M. van der Kleij, Adrie J. Visscher, Linda Staman and Theo J. H. M. Eggen 7. Understanding Monitoring in the United Kingdom Context Christine Merrell 8. Using Performance Monitoring Data for Teaching Purposes: Evidence from the Netherlands Mechteld F. van Kuijk, Marjolein I. Deunk and Lieneke S. Ritzema
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Section 3: System Level Monitoring 9. Evidence from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and How Teachers and Their Practice Can Benefit Surette van Staden and Lisa Zimmerman 10. Teacher’s Competence and Performance and Its Effect on Pupil Achievement in Upper Primary Education in Mozambique: What Does SACMEQ Data Tell Us? Carlos Lauchande, Ana Passos and Sarah J. Howie
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Section 4: Future Pathways 11. Frameworks for the Analysis of Monitoring Data Related to Achievement Sarah J. Howie, Vanessa Scherman and Surette van Staden
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12. Monitoring Systems for the Future: Suc
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