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Exploring Singaporean Parents' Engagement and Beliefs in Educational Assessments in the Context of Educational Assessment Reform
Research Aims
Research Aims
The project investigates how parents of Singaporean primary school students are engaged in their children's educational assessments and the factors that influence their engagement. The project will use a mixed methods approach, collecting data from both parents and teachers through interviews, focus group discussions and an online survey to gain a comprehensive understanding of parental involvement in educational assessment.
Phase 1 (2024 - July 2025)
Phase 1 (2024 - July 2025)
Conduct a qualitative study using data from parent focus groups and teacher interviews to:
identify specific ways that parents engage in their children's assessments
surface challenges that parents face
explore factors that influence their engagement, including beliefs, personal experiences, stress, and assessment literacy.
Phase 2 (Sep 2025 - 2026)
Phase 2 (Sep 2025 - 2026)
Conduct a quantitative study to collect and analyze data from an online survey to:
investigate the level of parental involvement in family-led and school-partnership activities
explore the typology of parents' beliefs about educational assessments
examine the level of parents' assessment literacy
measure parents' stress level
Questions?
Questions?
Contact Dr. Pan Qianqian (qianqian.pan@nie.edu.sg) or Wendy Huang (wendy.huang@nie.edu.sg)
Funding for this project (ERFP 02/23 PQ) comes from the Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP), Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE). The project is administered by the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Any opinions, findings, or recommendations expressed on this site are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Singapore MOE, NIE or NTU.
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