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	What is evidence?

fturner

11-8-2009 11:36 PM

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What is evidence - it is everything that is used to determine the "truth" of an assertion

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/01f50f3e-0b25-4f29-bf17-db30b183420d/AF56A334-D34F-44B8-B621-5096F7A7499D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:TWLzns3_f_kJ:web.ceomelb.catholic.edu.au/uploads/publications/lmatters/griffin.pdf+evidence+of+learning&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=firefox-a" href="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:TWLzns3_f_kJ:web.ceomelb.catholic.edu.au/uploads/publications/lmatters/griffin.pdf+evidence+of+learning&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=firefox-a" style="font-size: 11px;">74.125.155.132</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:TWLzns3_f_kJ:web.ceomelb.catholic.edu.au/uploads/publications/lmatters/griffin.pdf+evidence+of+learning&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=firefox-a"><DIV><NOBR>Assessment <B>evidence</B> is often derived from a mixture of system-designed test data</NOBR></DIV>
<DIV><NOBR>and local observations mixed in a cocktail of local tests and projects, together with</NOBR></DIV>
<DIV><NOBR>intuition and folk wisdom. These are then applied to a set of data analyses, which in</NOBR></DIV>
<DIV><NOBR>many cases are difficult to interpret and impossible to report to key players. </NOBR></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:TWLzns3_f_kJ:web.ceomelb.catholic.edu.au/uploads/publications/lmatters/griffin.pdf+evidence+of+learning&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&client=firefox-a"><DIV><NOBR><B>Evidence</B> is more than the assessment data. Gathering <B>evidence</B> is a</NOBR></DIV>
<DIV><NOBR>complete package that involves a clear design, purpose and process of collection and</NOBR></DIV>
<DIV><NOBR>interpretation and finally a way of telling the stakeholders about the results. It is not</NOBR></DIV>
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