Finalità e modi della valutazione: primi risultati di un’indagine su concezioni e strategie valutative dei docenti delle scuole italiane Irene Dora Maria Scierri University of Florence, Italy This is a section of Esercizi di ricerca(DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0081-3) by Vanna Boffo, Fabio Togni Firenze University Press Firenze 2022 https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0081-3.21

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Teachers’ assessment concepts and strategies play an important role, due to their effects on students’ learning outcomes and ability to learn independently. The literature gives ample space to ‘formative assessment’ as an approach that supports the teaching-learning process. However, within more recent docimological reflection, it is possible to identify approaches involving different degrees of student involvement in the assessment process, which have been less investigated, especially from an empirical point of view. This is the background for the present research, which attempts to focus on assessment concepts and strategies in relation to learners’ involvement. The study presents the first results of a survey currently involving more than 1,500 Italian primary and secondary school teachers, bringing out assessment concepts and implemented strategies.

 Assessment as Learning Assessment for Learning Assessment Strategies Formative Assessment Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment

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