ElmCore Journal of Educational Psychology October, 2014 | Page 32

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A series of survey studies of New Zealand
teachers beliefs about assessment (using the Teachers’
Conceptions of Assessment inventory—Brown, 20012003) have shown that both primary and secondary
teachers are strongly committed to the notion that
assessment serves the goal of improved teaching and
learning (Brown, 2004; 2011). Interestingly,
comparison survey studies in Queensland (Brown,
Lake, & Matters, 2011), Cyprus (Brown &
Michaelides, 2011), Hong Kong (Brown, Kennedy,
Fok, Chan, & Yu, 2009), and the People’s Republic of
China (Brown, Hui, Yu, & Kennedy, 2011) showed
that teachers agreed most with the conception that
assessment serves improved teaching and learning.
Additionally, in an interview study of 26 Aucklandregion teachers (Harris & Brown, 2009), the teachers
gave the strongest agreement to assessment practices
that were considered to be good for both stu