Large scale assessment in reading: considerations on construct and testing method in SAEB and PISA

The present work investigates the reading construct of two large scale external assessments present in the Brazilian educational context The Brazilian System of Assessment for Basic Education (SAEB) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), focusing on its test...

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Autor: Barbosa, Adriana de Oliveira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Revista Horizontes de Linguística Aplicada
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/25156
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/horizontesla/article/view/25156
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Reading
Large scale assessment
SAEB
PISA
construct analysis
test methods
leitura
avaliação em larga escala
análise de construto
métodos de avaliar
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Sumario:The present work investigates the reading construct of two large scale external assessments present in the Brazilian educational context The Brazilian System of Assessment for Basic Education (SAEB) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), focusing on its testing methods (or tests formats). The objective is to contribute to a better understanding of reading in the assessment context, considering that both assessments have the potential to influence not only the political decisions but also the pedagogical practices. The theoretic basis comes from Applied Linguistics, in the ”‹”‹Language Assessment field. It has qualitative approach and based on the document analysis method. The differences in the constructs of the two assessment were emphasized, which are reinforced by the test formats: restricted to multiple choice items in SAEB and varied in PISA.  In this sense, it should be noted that the international assessment presents greater proximity to reading situations and demands that are more consistent with real practices, which is not the case in the national assessment