2017 National Assessment of Technology in the First Grade of Secondary education in Flanders (A-stream)

In 2017 a national assessment was carried out, which was commissioned by the Flemish government, to assess the extent to which students have achieved the attainment targets for technology at the end of the first grade of secondary education (A-stream). Data were collected through a written test covering the dimensions of 'understanding' and 'interpretation'. This test was administered to a representative sample of 2197 students from 70 Flemish secondary schools. In addition, a practical test for the dimension 'handling' was conducted. This test consisted of five newly developed assignments and one assignment copied from the national assessment on world orientation in primary education in 2015. Each assignment was completed by approximately 500 students. Finally, a bundle of clarification questions was administered to a subsample of 1041 students. Clarification questions are written open-ended questions that require students to provide their own examples and explanations. Tests were supplemented with student, parent and teacher background questionnaires. The questionnaires collected, among other things, information on general background characteristics of students and their families, students' and parents' attitudes, classroom practices, and teachers' didactic approaches. The response rates to these questionnaires were almost 100% for students and 94% for parents. Teachers were able to complete part of the questionnaire online, for which the response rate was 82%. For the paper part, the response rate was 90%.

2017年，弗拉芒政府委托开展一项全国性教育评估，旨在考察中等教育第一学年（学术轨道A-stream）学生在技术学科上达成学业达标要求的程度。本次评估通过覆盖“理解”与“阐释”两大维度的笔试采集数据，该笔试面向来自70所弗拉芒中等学校的2197名具有全国代表性的学生样本施测。此外，针对“操作”维度设计并开展了实践测试：该测试包含5道全新研发的任务试题，以及1道复刻自2015年小学世界认知全国评估的任务题，每道任务题约有500名学生完成作答。最后，向由1041名学生组成的子样本施测了一套澄清问题组。澄清问题为开放式书面设问，要求学生自主提供实例并作出相应解释。本次测试配套了学生、家长及教师背景调查问卷，问卷收集的信息涵盖学生及其家庭的通用背景特征、学生与家长的态度倾向、课堂教学实践情况，以及教师的教学方法等多方面内容。上述问卷的回收率情况如下：学生问卷回收率接近100%，家长问卷回收率达94%；教师问卷分为在线作答与纸质作答两部分，其中在线作答部分回收率为82%，纸质作答部分回收率则为90%。