Acquisition of teacher assessment literacy by pre-service teachers: A review of practices and program designs

Cherry Zin Oo
Yangon University of Education, Myanmar
Dennis Alonzo
University of New South Wales, Australia
Ria A. Asih
Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia

Teacher assessment literacy research with pre-service teachers (PSTs) has highlighted that they are not well prepared to use assessments to support student learning. Thus, initial teacher education (ITE) programs needs to ensure that PSTs are provided with a range of opportunities to acquire both theoretical and practical assessment knowledge and skills. We reviewed assessment programs reported in the literature to develop a framework that will better guide curriculum developers. A total of 12 studies were considered after an initial literature search from three databases that generated 1002 articles from 1998 to September 2020. We reported the characteristics of assessment programs, including their orientation, content focus, outcomes measures, approaches and duration. We also identified some aspects of ITE assessment programs that are least explored.
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Authors: Dr Cherry Zin Oo (corresponding author) is currently a lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology at Yangon University of Education, Myanmar. She is also a recent PhD graduate from the School of Education, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3227-8010 Email: cherryzinn@gmail.com Dr Dennis Alonzo is a lecturer at the School of Education, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8900-497X Email: d.alonzo@unsw.edu.au Dr Ria A. Asih is a lecturer at the Directorate of Postgraduate Program, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang in Indonesia. She is a recent graduate from the School of Education, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. Email: aristaria86@umm.ac.id Please cite as: Oo, C. Z., Alonzo, D. & Asih, R. A. (2022). Acquisition of teacher assessment literacy by pre-service teachers: A review of practices and program designs. Issues in Educational Research, 32(1), 352-373. http://www.iier.org.au/iier32/oo.pdf