Proposed Focus

摘要

As the topic of assessment emerges as a central theme within many areas of education, new opportunities in science education-assessment work arise. As we struggle to understand what it means to make teaching and learning more accountable, we need strong research on the best ways to design, analyze and use assessments for science education. Assessment covers many subareas including formative assessment, summative assessment, assessment of teaching, high stakes tests, international assessments such as TIMSS and PISA, the evaluation of online portfolios, assessment of twenty-first century knowledge and skills, learning progressions, and real-time assessment.