Assessment and Examination in the Secondary School - A Practical Guide for Teachers and Trainers

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

1 The development of secondary assessment and Examinations 2 The types, purposes and effects of assessment 3 The administration of GCSE: an outline 4 Profiling and records of achievement 5 Assessment and the curriculum 6 Assessment and recruitment of school-leavers for training and employment 7 Assessment methods and equal opportunities 8 Future trends in assessment

About the author

Richard Riding is Director of the Examination and Assessment Research Unit at the School of Education, University of Birmingham. He has written extensively on educational psychology. Sue Butterfield is Research Fellow at the School of Education, University of Birmingham.

Summary

This book explores current trends in assessment, with particular reference to secondary schools as well as providing a background to theory and practice relevant to both new and established teachers.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Butterfield, Butterfield Susan, Richard Riding, Riding Richard
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.1990
• EAN: 9780415031097
• ISBN: 978-0-415-03109-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 272 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Secondary Schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Education: examinations and assessment