TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting Assessment for Learning to Ensure Access, Equity, and Improvement in Educational Outcomes in Ghana
AU - Owusu-Acheampong, Eugene
AU - Frimpong Kwapong, Olivia A.T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study looked at assessment for learning as a criterion for promoting inclusiveness and equitable access to educational opportunities in Ghana. It compared assessment for learning and assessment of learning and recommended measures to evaluate students’ performance to allow for equitable access and progression in education. The study found the deployment of assessment of learning as discriminatory, restrictive, and ineffective for judging the overall worth of students after several years of learning. It is recommended that to ensure equitable access and fairness such that no child is left behind in the Ghanaian educational system, the criteria for progression of students be based on interest and academic strengths using assessment for learning approaches and not necessarily standardized tests.
AB - This study looked at assessment for learning as a criterion for promoting inclusiveness and equitable access to educational opportunities in Ghana. It compared assessment for learning and assessment of learning and recommended measures to evaluate students’ performance to allow for equitable access and progression in education. The study found the deployment of assessment of learning as discriminatory, restrictive, and ineffective for judging the overall worth of students after several years of learning. It is recommended that to ensure equitable access and fairness such that no child is left behind in the Ghanaian educational system, the criteria for progression of students be based on interest and academic strengths using assessment for learning approaches and not necessarily standardized tests.
KW - access
KW - assessment for learning
KW - assessment of learning
KW - educational outcomes
KW - equity
KW - formative
KW - summative
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85147751484&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147751484
SN - 2166-2681
VL - 10
SP - 39
EP - 56
JO - Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education
JF - Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education
IS - S1
ER -