Assessment in Practice: Explorations in Identity, Culture, Policy and Inclusion

ISBN-13: 9781138832428 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 166 str.

Alicia Curtin;Kathy Hall

Opis

Assessment in Practice explores timely and important questions in relation to assessment. By examining the relationship between identity, culture, policy and inclusion, the book investigates the conflicted and fractured battleground of assessment, and challenges current and practiced understandings of assessment practice.

Spis treści

Introduction: Examining the Social Order of Assessment: Towards a sociocultural understanding of assessment policy and practice  Chapter One: Setting the Boundaries in Assessment: Intersections of identity and value in personal spaces  Chapter Two: Assessment as Public Practice: International aspects of assessment and accountability  Chapter Three: Cultural Scripts of Assessment for Practice: Predictability, outcomes and life chances  Chapter Four: Junior Cycle Reform: The negotiated nature of assessment policy in Ireland  Chapter Five: Perspectives on social justice and assessment: Testing, social class and opportunity to learn  Chapter Six: The Assessment of Pupils with Special Educational Needs: Giving effect to the principles of inclusivity in practice  Conclusion: Disrupting normative thinking on assessment: New worlds and words for assessment