Teacher assessments during compulsory education are as reliable, stable and heritable as standardized test scores.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children in the UK go through rigorous teacher assessments and standardized exams throughout compulsory (elementary and secondary) education, culminating with the GCSE exams (General Certificate of Secondary Education) at the age of 16 and A-level exams (Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education) at the age of 18. These exams are a major tipping point directing young individuals towards different lifelong trajectories. However, little is known about the associations between teacher assessments and exam performance or how well these two measurement approaches predict educational outcomes at the end of compulsory education and beyond.

Methods

The current investigation used the UK-representative Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) sample of over 5,000 twin pairs s

SUBMITTER: Rimfeld K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848749 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature