The synergy, or lack thereof, between large‐scale and classroom assessment has been fiercely debated in both academic and policy spheres for decades around the world. This paper seeks to explicate how different countries are utilizing large‐scale testing and test results at the classroom level. Through country profiles, this paper analyzes contemporary developments on the tensions and synergies between large‐scale assessment and classroom teaching, learning, and assessment observed across seven international jurisdictions: United States, Canada, Australia, England, Germany, Finland, and Singapore. The paper concludes with an analysis of international trends leading to a synthesis of root causes contributing to the current limited uptake of large‐scale assessment results at classroom levels.

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大规模评估与课堂评估之间的协同作用与张力：国际趋势

数十年来，在学术和政策领域，大规模评估和课堂评估之间的协同作用或缺乏协同作用的争论一直在进行。本文力图阐明不同国家如何在课堂上利用大规模测试和测试结果。通过国家概况，本文分析了在七个国家（美国，加拿大，澳大利亚，英国，德国，芬兰和新加坡）观察到的大规模评估与课堂教学，学习和评估之间的张力和协同作用的当代发展。本文最后对国际趋势进行了分析，这些趋势导致了根本原因的综合，从而导致目前在课堂上有限地接受大规模评估结果。