Monitoring Student Achievement in the 21st Century

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Monitoring Student Achievement in the 21st Century is written by Heidi Harju-Luukkainen and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3030389693 (ISBN 10) and 9783030389697 (ISBN 13).

This book draws together leading student assessment academics from across Europe exploring student monitoring policies and practices in a range of countries across 22 chapters. The chapters in the first part offer a broad overview on student assessment covering history and current status, aims and approaches as well as methodological challenges of international student assessment. The second part presents country specific chapters provide an in depth look examining country specific policy and practices and findings of national and/or international assessments. Findings are critically discussed and recommendations are made for further development of each country's assessment context. The book shows similarities and differences within the educational assessment landscape as well as complexity and similarities in assessment policy documents and strategies, Given the globalized world we live in today, this book fills a need in the higher educational context and is intended for for policy makers in different countries as well.