Making Assessment Matter

ISBN-13: 9781847063830 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 160 str.

Dr Graham Butt

Opis

Highlights the fundamental connections between assessment, teaching and learning, and offers suggestions for maximising assessment in schools. Drawing on empirical research, this book focuses on the purpose of assessment, and suggests strategies for managing assessment in an effective way. It considers the role of assessment in promoting learning.

Spis treści

Preface \ 1. Introducing assessment \ 2. Using assessment to promote learning \ 3. Can assessment raise standards? \ 4. The influence of 'high stakes' and 'low stakes' assessment \ 5. Formative and summative assessment: 'We need to talk' \ 6. Marking, feedback and self-assessment - communicating the results of assessment \ 7. Achieving assessment targets \ 8. Equality of opportunity in assessment - the case of boys' underachievement \ 9. Making assessment easier? The role of e-assessment \ 10. Making assessment matter \ References \ Index