Overview
- Fills a gap of relative neglect of OTL in existing meta-analyses
- Presents innovative suggestions for the coordination of test and curriculum development
- Provides an up-to-date review covering the past 20 years of research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
Buy print copy
About this book
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.
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
- instructional alignment
- intended curriculum
- implemented curriculum
- evaluation centred strategy
- vote count procedure
- criterion and norm referenced tests
- curriculum planning
- loose coupling
- realized curriculum
- meta-analyses on educational effectiveness
- examination preparation
- proactive strategy
- teaching to the test
- implemented curriculum
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Opportunity to Learn, Curriculum Alignment and Test Preparation
Book Subtitle: A Research Review
Editors: Jaap Scheerens
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43110-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43109-3Published: 06 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43110-9Published: 30 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 135
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Curriculum Studies, International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Administration, Organization and Leadership