Assessment of mathematics: A review of literature large-scale assessment and classroom assessment on its outcomes and implementation issues

Assessment in education has a very important role, almost all countries have the characteristics of assessment in mathematics. Assessment is divided into classroom assessment and large-scale assessment which has relevance in its application. The purpose of this article is to review about classroom assessment and large-scale assessment, and its influence on mathematics assessment globally in various countries. The method used in this research is a literature review, collecting international articles on large-scale assessment and classroom assessment in mathematics. From the analysis, there are several international trends between large-scale assessments and classroom assessments based on the profiles of 8 major countries. As discussed in all contexts except Japan and Finland, large-scale assessment is very influential in classroom assessment. Large scale assessment was adapted for use in classroom assessment, which makes large scale assessment operate as a public policy instrument that serves as reporting, teaching, and learning improvement in the education system. Large-scale assessments have supported increased assessments in schools globally. This can be used as a view in considering large-scale assessments carried out in classroom assessments, taking into aspects that can have a global impact on assessment.