Support accountability and inform instruction

Using digital technologies and contemporary psychometrics in the assessment of performance on complex practical tasks

 C. Paul Newhouse and Joseph N. Njiru

There is a critical need for research into the use of digital technologies to support the assessment of performance on complex tasks in schools. This paper reports on a component of a pilot study aimed at investigating the use of digital forms of performance assessment, manageable within schools, with high levels of reliability and capable of being scaled up for statewide implementation.

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