Quality Educational Assessment for Equity and Fairness

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium intends to introduce current assessment research effort to advance our understanding of how traditional and non-traditional educational assessment can provide a focused support to UN Sustainable Development goals for promoting education quality. We present large-scale education assessments such as PISA for Development as well as innovative learning assessment and testing research from Southeast Asia, Latin America. In addition, we discuss the newer concept of UNDERSTANDardization in educational assessment. The objectives of the session are to understand the diverse needs of education and assessment in developing nations to offer current best practice insight to improve the learning outcomes for all students.

Sub Unit

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Section 1: Educational Measurement, Psychometrics, and Assessment

Chair

• Ann A. O'Connell, The Ohio State University

Papers

• Policy Driven Measurement for Quality With Equity - Michael Ward, OECD

• Real-World Impact Research: Assessment of Rohingya Children's Education and Mental Well-Being in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh - Fatima Zahra, New York University

• A Model for Transforming Technical Vocational Education and Training Assessment - Changhua S. Rich, ACT, Inc.

• The Role of UNDERSTANDardization in International Assessment - Stephen G. Sireci, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Discussant

• Dan Wagner, University of Pennsylvania