Naslov
STUDENT ASSESSMENT IN CROATIA. Methodology of test validation

Autori
Grgić, Natalija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Research Advancement for Sustainable Society

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.10.2007. - 25.10.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
national exams, questionnaires, final grades, knowledge level

Sažetak
The process of implementing external evaluation of education is currently ongoing in Croatian education system. In the framework of this process national exams were conducted on the 2nd grade gymnasium program students. With the exam students were handed out questioners questioning their stands and opinions on a particular subject and the exam taken. Data collected on 7340 students who attended the exams in Mathematics (N = 2663), Croatian (N = 2490) and English language (N = 2187) verified that success on the exam is highly correlated with student’s own estimate of his/her knowledge and competences needed in particular subjects. This shows that sixteen-year olds have well-developed meta-cognitive knowledge, and that their estimate of their own competences is adjusted with criteria set in Croatian schools. The fact that pothers us is how success on national exams correlates lowly or moderately with the grades students have in these subjects. Final grades in most subjects have a negative skewness, while distribution of success on these exams is in most cases approximately normal. We can conclude that final grades frequently reflect partial judgment, and therefore shouldn’t be considered as a valid measurement of knowledge and competences. That is why external evaluation of education is necessary for standardization of grading criteria and discrimination between students according to the level of knowledge gained.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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