David Whitehead
Literacy Assessment Practices: Moving from Standardised to Ecologically Valid Assessments in Secondary Schools
University of Waikato
ssli test protocol data revealed dominance central literacy measures local subjectspecific measures aligned institutional requirements curriculum national examination content measures initiate secondary students pervasive culture assessment generally fails support learning culture antagonistic towards use assessment reflect expert teachers address subjectspecific literacies culture contentfocussed high stakes assessment use ecologically valid formative assessment reveal students know empower teachers test like teach marginalised consistent neissers claim experimental measures may reflect reality pedagogy assessment protocols many secondary schools fail reflect use literacy thinking tools fail reflect best evidence teaching changes school culture teachers pedagogical knowledge use ecologically valid assessments associated shifts transmission coconstruction approaches consistent work david corson use ecologically valid assessment reflect use literacy thinking tools inclusive futurefocussed literacy event use central curriculum institutionallinked measures exclusive