Opportunity to Learn, Curriculum Alignment and Test Preparation

A Research Review

Buch | Softcover

IX, 135 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-43109-3 (ISBN)

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This book provides a review of the effectiveness of Opportunity to Learn (OTL) operationalized as the association between OTL and student achievement. In addition, it presents an elaborate conceptual map in which OTL is regarded as part of a larger concept of curriculum alignment. Major components of this framework are national goals and standards, school curricula, formative tests, textbooks, actual delivery of content as part of teaching, and summative tests and examinations.Alignment between educational goals, intended and implemented curricula, and educational outcomes is considered an important prerequisite for effective education. The expectation is that better alignment leads to better student performance. The concept of OTL is commonly used to compare content covered, as part of the implemented curriculum, with student achievement. As such it is to be seen as a facet of the broader concept of "alignment". As it comes to enhancing OTL in educational policyand practice, proactive curriculum development is compared to a more retroactive orientation. Legitimate forms of test and examination preparation belong to this retroactive orientation, and are seen as favorable conditions for optimizing OTL. This book reviews the research evidence on the effects of OTL on student achievement by means of detailed descriptions of key-empirical studies, a review of meta-analyses, a "vote count" syntheses of 51 empirical studies, conducted between 1995 and 2015, and a secondary analysis based on TIMSS 2011, and PISA 2012 data. It concludes that the effect size of OTL, at about .30, is modest, but comparable in size to other effectiveness-enhancing conditions in schooling. The final chapter of the book provides suggestions for educational policy and practice to further optimize OTL.

1: Focus and Design of the Review Study.- 2: Conceptualization.- 3: Meta-analyses and Descriptions of Illustrative Studies.- 4: Schematic Overview of Research Studies.- 5: Predictive Power of OTL Measures in TIMSS and PISA.- 6: Recapitalization, Implications for Educational Policy and Practice and Future Research.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Education
Zusatzinfo	IX, 135 p. 7 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
Schlagworte	Administration, Organization and Leadership • Assessment, Testing and Evaluation • criterion and norm referenced tests • curriculum planning • Curriculum Studies • Education • Educational Policy and Politics • evaluation centred strategy • examination preparation • implemented curriculum • instructional alignment • intended curriculum • International and Comparative Education • Loose coupling • meta-analyses on educational effectiveness • proactive strategy • realized curriculum • Teaching to the Test • vote count procedure
ISBN-10	3-319-43109-9 / 3319431099
ISBN-13	978-3-319-43109-3 / 9783319431093
Zustand	Neuware