Cases of Assessment in Mathematics Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction

   • Mogens Niss

   Pages 1-7

3. Mathematics Assessment in the Spanish Educational System

   • Luis Rico

   Pages 9-20

4. Major Issues in Assessing Mathematics Performance at 16+ Level: A Caribbean Perspective

   • Desmond R. Broomes, James A. Halliday

   Pages 21-33

5. Assessment in Mathematics Education in the Arab Countries

   • Murad Jurdak

   Pages 35-41

6. Issues in Mathematics Assessment in the United States

   • John A. Dossey, Jane O. Swafford

   Pages 43-57

7. Assessment in the Context of Mathematics Instruction Reform: The Design of Assessment in the Quasar Project

   • Edward A. Silver, Suzanne Lane

   Pages 59-69

8. Assessment in Mathematics Education: Developments in Philosophy and Practice in the United Kingdom

   • Margaret Brown

   Pages 71-84

9. The School Mathematics Project: Some Secondary School Assessment Initiatives in England

   • Chris Little

   Pages 85-97

10. The Teaching/Learning Process and Assessment Practice: Two Intertwined Sides of Mathematics Education

    • Luciana Bazzini

    Pages 99-106

11. Types of Problems and How Students in Norway Solve Them

    • Gunnar Gjone

    Pages 107-118

12. Assessment of Primary and Lower Secondary Mathematics in Denmark

    • Hans Nygaard Jensen

    Pages 119-127

13. Assessment in Upper Secondary Mathematics in Denmark

    • Kirsten Hermann, Bent Hirsberg

    Pages 129-137

14. Assessment of Examinations in the Netherlands

    • Wim Kleijne, Henk Schuring

    Pages 139-154

15. New Developments in Senior Secondary Assessment in Australia

    • Max Stephens, Robert Money

    Pages 155-171

16. Assessment in an Innovative Curriculum Project for Mathematics in Grades 7–9 in Portugal

    • Leonor Cunha Leal, Paulo Abrantes

    Pages 173-182

17. Educational Assessment in Mathematics Teaching: Applied Research in China

    • Chao-Qun Wei, Hui Zhang

    Pages 183-191

18. The Practice and Study of Evaluating Mathematics Teaching in China

    • Zemin Cheng, Shaozheng Lü

    Pages 193-201

19. Assessment in Mathematics within the International Baccalaureate

    • Ruth K. Sweetnam

    Pages 203-211

20. Back Matter

    Pages 213-220

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The present book, Cases of Assessment in Mathematics Education, is one of two studies resulting from an ICMI Study Conference on Assessment in Mathematics Education and Its Effects. The book which is published in the series of ICMI Studies under the general editorship of the President and Secretary of ICMI is closely related to another study resulting from the same conference: Investigations into Assessment in Mathematics Education (Niss, 1992). The two books, although originating from the same sources and having the same editor, emphasize different aspects of assessment in mathematics education and can be read independently of one another. While the present book is devoted to presenting and discussing cases of assessment that are actually implemented, the other study attempts to critically analyze general and principal aspects of assessment. Naturally, the content of either book is enriched by the materials and perspectives provided by the other one. In order to put this book and its background into context, the nature and scope of the ICMI studies are outlined briefly below.

• curriculum
• education
• learning
• mathematics
• mathematics education

• Roskilde University, Denmark

  Mogens Niss

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