Assessing Christian Learning: Vocation, Practices, and Investment

Abstract

Reform (EDRE) working paper series is intended to widely disseminate and make easily accessible the results of EDRE faculty and students' latest findings. The Working Papers in this series have not undergone peer review or been edited by the University of Arkansas. The working papers are widely available, to encourage discussion and input from the research community before publication in a formal, peer reviewed journal. Unless otherwise indicated, working papers can be cited without permission of the author so long as the source is clearly referred to as an EDRE working paper.

The Assessment of Faith and Learning

“…This article forms part of a set of three papers which summarise the educational context, the conceptual framework and the design and validation process for the PFS (Cheng et al, 2019;Smith et al, 2019). In this paper we have argued that there is an urgent need for Christian schools to evaluate student faith formation as a practice of teaching and learning.…”

“…Other papers unpack the conceptual dimension of the project (Smith et al, 2019) and the design and validation of the survey (Cheng et al, 2019).…”

The Development and Validation of the Practicing Faith Survey

“…The PFS is designed to assess faith formation and Christian maturity from this perspective. A deeper treatment of the theological foundations behind the PFS can be found in Smith et al (2019).…”