Assessment and learning / edited by John R. Gardner.

"Assessment and Learning places learning at the centre of our concerns and explicitly underscores the importance of assessment in that learning. This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of assessment that is used to support learning, practice-based theory on assessment for learning, a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Gardner, John, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Assessment and learning : introduction / John Gardner
  • Assessment for learning in the classroom / Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam
  • Professional learning as a condition for assessment for learning / David Pedder and Mary James
  • From teachers to schools : scaling up professional development for formative assessment / Siobhan Leahy and Dylan Wiliam
  • Alternative perspectives on learning outcomes : challlenges for assessment / Richard Daugherty ... [et al.]
  • On the relationship between assessment for formative and summative purposes / Wynne Harlen
  • Quality assessment practice / John Gardner
  • Assessment and learning : the learner's perspective / Louise Hayward
  • Instrumentalism and achievement : a socio-cultural understanding of tensions in vocational education / Kathryn Ecclestone
  • Policy and practice in assessment for learning : the experience of selected OECD countries / Judy Sebba
  • The role of assessment in developing motivation for learning / Wynne Harlen
  • Assessment in harmony with our understanding of learning : problems and possibilities / Mary James with Jenny Lewis
  • Developing a theory of formative assessment / Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam
  • Validity in formative assessment / Gordon Stobart
  • The reliability of assessments / Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam
  • Validity, purpose and the recycling of results from educational assessments / Paul E. Newton
  • Assessment for learning : a compelling conceptualization / John Gardner.