Measurement in education

Teacher knows best?

“…According to Van Aarsen (2013), the scores on tests from the Cito monitoring system 43 (especially grade 4 -grade 6) are more predictive of actual track placement four years later than the (Cito) End-of-Primary-school test result. Additionally, previous math test scores from the Cito monitoring system across grade four to six correlate highly with the math component of the (Cito) End-of-Primary-school test result (Hirsch, 2017). Assuming at least a temporarily stable student ability, we could therefore attempt to accumulate the results of all or some of these tests and combine these with the End-of-Primary-school test to gain a much richer understanding of the abilities of a pupil.…”