Classroom assessment and curriculum redesign: Teacher experiences in British Columbia

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dc.contributor.authorKoning, Abby
dc.contributor.supervisorHarvey, Lyndze
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-23T20:31:25Z
dc.date.available2026-03-23T20:31:25Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts MA
dc.description.abstractBritish Columbia has undergone a significant curriculum reform that centred a competency-driven approach to education. This reform also highlighted a focus on proficiency in classroom assessment while maintaining a letter grade and percentage requirement in reporting for Grades 10-12 students. This study focuses on Grades 10-12 teacher experiences with classroom assessment and reporting under this new curriculum through qualitative, constructivist, and evaluative research approaches. Through interviews with eight teachers, this case study explores how teachers are being influenced by curriculum change and what challenges this curriculum change brings to their assessment practices. This study finds that teachers’ assessment practices are unequally influenced by curriculum and that this particular curriculum redesign has ushered in uncertainty and confusion for some teachers. However, this study also identifies that despite this, teachers’ assessment practices and values regarding assessment may still align with high-level goals of the curriculum. Finally, this study identifies that challenges such as time burdens and uncertainty regarding the curriculum can influence how teachers approach, implement, and conceptualize aligned classroom assessment.
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23526
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Web
dc.subjectAssessment
dc.subjectClassroom assessment
dc.subjectCompetency-based learning
dc.subjectCurriculum reform
dc.subjectBritish Columbia
dc.titleClassroom assessment and curriculum redesign: Teacher experiences in British Columbia
dc.typeThesis

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