Assessing national standards in literacy

Tuesday, 15 September 2009 13:45 - 15:15, Ballroom 2

Chair Michelle Meadows Assessment and Qualifications AllianceUnited Kingdom
Towards defining, assessing and reporting against national standards for literacy and numeracy in New Zealand: Taking an educationally sound approach
  • Alison M Gilmore, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
A critical analysis of the NAPLAN spelling test
  • Lee Willett, Queensland Studies Authority, Australia
  • Allan Gardiner, Queensland Studies Authority, Australia
Secondary analyis of performances in reading literacy from early school grades to university
  • Mihály Kocsis, Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development; University of Pécs, Hungary, Hungary