TY  - GEN
AU  - Freeman, Chris,
ED  - University of the South Pacific.
ED  - Australian Agency for International Development,
TI  - Pilot study to re-analise and report on Tonga standardised tests of achievement: reading and numeracy, final, 21 May 2012 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - [Australia]
PB  - Australian Agency for International Development
KW  - Educational tests and measurements
KW  - Tonga
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Educational evaluation
N1  - Title from cover; Printed with "track changes" on margins; "Draft" appears on pages 26 through 56; "This report has been prepared by Chris Freeman, Research Director of the Systemwide Testing Program at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)."--Page 2; Executive summary  -- Item analysis-summary findings -- Item analysis-conclusions -- Reporting-using data efficiently -- Analysis of Tongan grade 4 standard tests of achievement -- Recommendations -- Appendix 1 - Attachments
N2  - "In August 2010, the Tonga Post of AusAID requested ACER to undertake research focused on assessment data from Tonga in association with the Institute of Education (IOE) of the University of the South Pacific (USP). This research was to address two broad issues: a. What do the Tongan Grade 4 Standard Test of Achievement tell us about student learning by identifying items on which students perform most poorly; and analysing whether poor performance is associated with lack of subject knowledge and conceptual understanding, or with language used in those test items; and b. What teaching and learning processes in classrooms appear to be associated with better performance on the test, and what kinds of teacher and school support are required to bring about changes in learning outcomes?"--Page 7
ER  -