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Assessing Self-regulation in Play-based Contexts
This research builds on a previous study and takes a practice-oriented view of self- regulation, generated from an examination of policy...
Examining Kindergarten Policies and Practices to Foster Self-regulation
Ontario’s full-day kindergarten program was launched in a time and context in which a growing body of evidence points to the importance...
Examining Educator Expectations and Equitable Learning Opportunities
Educators incorporate information from various sources as they form their academic expectations for students. The student record of prior achievement is the most salient factor that educators use to form their expectations for children’s achievement. Research on the factors that influence educator expectations has primarily focused on the ways teachers assimilate various pieces of information about students. More recently, there is an interest in moving away from this perspec
Preparing Teachers for the Age of Accountability
Within the current standards-based and accountability framework of public education, teachers are increasing required to develop and use...
Approaches to Classroom Assessment Inventory
This SSHRC-funded research develops a tool – the Approaches to Classroom Assessment Inventory – to assess teachers’ approaches to...
What’s in a Grade? A Multiple Perspective Validity Study on Grading Policies, Practices, and Values
The current global trend towards globalization, immigration, and internationalization of schools and universities has led to the...
Accountability of English-language Proficiency Testing for Immigrants to Canada
Canada is facing a critical fast-growing need to drive economic growth while countering its ageing population. In 2016, Canada settled...
Assessment of Competence in the Professions
Many teacher training programs have applied the notion of competence-based education since the early 1970s. However, the approach is...
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