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Mixed Messages or Miscommunication? Investigating the Relationship Between Assessors' Workplace-Based Assessment Scores and Written Comments Open
Purpose: The shift toward broader, programmatic assessment has revolutionized the approaches that many take in assessing medical competence. To understand the association between quantitative and qualitative evaluations, the authors explor…
The rise and stall of standards-based reform Open
The promotion and measurement of standards in compulsory education systems has been a prominent feature of Western education systems for centuries. But the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) have made the limits…
Educational Recovery in the Aftermath of the Pandemic: A Critical Analysis of Recovery Policies across Canada Open
This study expands on our previous research focusing on provincial educational policies to support students’ academic resilience during the pandemic, with the current focus being on the “recovery phase” of the pandemic (January 2022 to Dec…
"Best Tradition": CREATE, JCSEE and the Program Evaluation Standards Open
Background: Evaluation “is a task in the best tradition of the most abstract theoretical science as well as the most practical applied science” (Scriven, 1968, p .9). The Program Evaluation Standards of the Joint Committee on Standards for…
Assessment of Self-Regulation in Ontario Secondary Schools Open
Self-regulation is positively associated with better academic, and life, outcomes. Consequently, many school systems aim to develop self-regulation, or related constructs. Thus, many teachers are asked to assess and report upon students’ s…
(In)Stability of Test Scores Open
Both school and district administrators use the results of standardized, large-scale tests to inform decisions about the need for, or success of, educational programs and interventions. However, test results at the school level are subject…
Academic Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Triarchic Analysis of Education Policy Developments across Canada Open
This study employed a qualitative content analysis of provincial policy documents, following deductive methods, to examine academic resilience and education policy developments across Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically,…
Assessing Learning Skills and Work Habits: What Do Report Card Data Tell Us? Open
Many school systems ask teachers to assess and report upon aspects of student performance beyond academic achievement. In Ontario, K–12 teachers assess a common set of six Learning Skills and Work Habits. How well teachers are able to unde…
PISA, global reference societies, and policy borrowing: The promises and pitfalls of ‘academic resilience’ Open
The Programme in International Student Assessment (PISA) has become the prominent method of international comparison of the achievement of 15-year-old children in reading, mathematics, and science. Recently, the OECD, which administers PIS…
Confronting the challenge of immigrant student underachievement: A comparative analysis of education policies and programs in Canada, New Zealand and England Open
Immigrant students consistently demonstrate a performance disadvantage when one considers their achievement against non-immigrant peers. These disadvantages vary across international jurisdictions, suggesting that education system level po…
Elementary School Students' Perceptions of Libraries and Librarians Open
Elementary school students in Grades 3 to 8 in eight schools that had exemplary library programs were surveyed about their perceptions of the school library program and the teacher librarian. Students reported that the teacher librarian wa…
PISA and Education Reform in Europe: Cases of Policy Inertia, Avoidance, and Refraction Open
The present analysis examined the relationship between PISA results and their influence on policy development within a select group of European nations which included Estonia, Italy, France, and Finland. These countries reflect four distin…
How are Professional Programs from Diverse Disciplines Approaching the Development and Assessment of Competence at a Mid-Sized Canadian University? Open
Time-honoured university policies, such as the credit-hour and academic freedom, present challenges for professional education programs tasked with operationalizing entry-to-practice competence frameworks for professional accreditation. A …
The Enactment of Applied English: Does Caring Lead to Teaching to the Test?. Open
Many school systems require students to pass one or more standardized examinations to graduate. This case study of three lower academic stream English classes in a single Ontario secondary school explored how the presence of a high-stakes …
The Use of a Multidimensional Support Model to Examine Policies and Practices for Immigrant Students across Canada Open
In the larger context of migration, the education and integration of immigrant children within Canadian school systems has become a pressing concern for education policy makers. Through a systematic content analysis, this study developed a…
Confronting the challenge of immigrant and refugee student underachievement: Policies and practices from Canada, New Zealand and the European Union Open
Immigrant and refugee students consistently demonstrate a performance disadvantage when one considers their achievement against non-immigrant students. This paper examines the double- and tripledisadvantages that characterise immigrant and…
Comparison of Personal Video Technology for Teaching and Assessment of Surgical Skills Open
Background Improvements in personal technology have made video recording for teaching and assessment of surgical skills possible. Objective This study compared 5 personal video-recording devices based on their utility (image quality, hardw…
Raising the achievement of immigrant students: Towards a multi-layered framework for enhanced student outcomes Open
Results of international achievement surveys such as the Programme in International Student Assessment have consistently reported an achievement gap between immigrant and non-immigrant student populations around the world. This paper unpac…
Assessing and Reporting Non-Cognitive Skills: A Cross-Canada Survey Open
Canadian educational jurisdictions require teachers to assess and report upon aspects of student performance beyond academic achievement. These skills and competencies are often called “non-cognitive skills” (NCS). This study used document…
Making Sense of the Performance (Dis)advantage for Immigrant Students Across Canada Open
International achievement measures such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) have traditionally reported a significant gap between non-migrant and immigrant student groups-a result that is often referred to as the i…
Mixed Messages or Miscommunication? Investigating the Relationship Between Assessors’ Workplace-Based Assessment Scores and Written Comments Open
Purpose The shift toward broader, programmatic assessment has revolutionized the approaches that many take in assessing medical competence. To understand the association between quantitative and qualitative evaluations, the authors explore…
Competency-based simulation assessment of resuscitation skills in emergency medicine postgraduate trainees – a Canadian multi-centred study Open
Background: The use of high-fidelity simulation is emerging as a desirable method for competency-based assessment in postgraduate medical education. We aimed to demonstrate the feasibility and validity of a multi-centre simulation-based Ob…