Marian Sainsbury
Biographic Data
| ID | 5239912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marian Sainsbury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marian |
| FAMILY NAME | Sainsbury |
| SIGNATURE | SAINSBURY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Foundation for Educational Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measuring standards in primary English
Hilton (2006) criticises the PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) tests and the survey conduct, raising questions about the validity of international surveys of reading. Her criticisms fall into four broad areas: cultural validity, methodological issues, construct validity and the survey in England. However, her criticisms are shown to be mistaken. Her claim of forced unidimensionality in the tests is not supported by statisti…
Criterion Referencing and the Meaning of National Curriculum Assessment
Criterion-referenced assessment has made promises that it is unable to keep. The idea that a criterion-referenced test may afford a clear and direct interpretation in terms of exactly which tasks an examinee can perform is unattainable for the kinds of learning promoted in complex curricula, such as the National Curriculum in England and Wales. However, examining more carefully the origin of these claims suggests that they reflect a particularly …
Issues in the Evaluation of Standard Assessment Tasks and the Reliability of National Curriculum Assessment
Important issues in the reliability of National Curriculum assessment were raised by an earlier paper by Davies & Brember, but unfortunately not supported by a valid analysis of the data they collected from five primary schools in 1991. This paper aims to clarify some of those issues and to point out the lack of comparability between the two measures which were compared. Suggestions for more valid analysis are given
Issues in the Evaluation of Standard Assessment Tasks and the Reliability of National Curriculum Assessment
Important issues in the reliability of National Curriculum assessment were raised by an earlier paper by Davies & Brember, but unfortunately not supported by a valid analysis of the data they collected from five primary schools in 1991. This paper aims to clarify some of those issues and to point out the lack of comparability between the two measures which were compared. Suggestions for more valid analysis are given
Issues in the Evaluation of Standard Assessment Tasks and the Reliability of National Curriculum Assessment
Important issues in the reliability of National Curriculum assessment were raised by an earlier paper by Davies & Brember, but unfortunately not supported by a valid analysis of the data they collected from five primary schools in 1991. This paper aims to clarify some of those issues and to point out the lack of comparability between the two measures which were compared. Suggestions for more valid analysis are given
Criterion Referencing and the Meaning of National Curriculum Assessment
Criterion-referenced assessment has made promises that it is unable to keep. The idea that a criterion-referenced test may afford a clear and direct interpretation in terms of exactly which tasks an examinee can perform is unattainable for the kinds of learning promoted in complex curricula, such as the National Curriculum in England and Wales. However, examining more carefully the origin of these claims suggests that they reflect a particularly …
Measuring standards in primary English
Hilton (2006) criticises the PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) tests and the survey conduct, raising questions about the validity of international surveys of reading. Her criticisms fall into four broad areas: cultural validity, methodological issues, construct validity and the survey in England. However, her criticisms are shown to be mistaken. Her claim of forced unidimensionality in the tests is not supported by statisti…
Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Construct (python library) (2 works) · Curriculum (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · National curriculum (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Student Assessment and Feedback (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work)