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Informationen zum Autor Patricia Broadfoot, Roger Murphy Klappentext Originally published in 1995, this volume brings together twenty classic contributions from the work of Desmond Nuttall as an educational researcher, thinker and policy adviser. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1995, this volume brings together twenty classic contributions from the work of Desmond Nuttall as an educational researcher, thinker and policy adviser. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. Preface. Section 1: A Great Record of Achievement. Section 2: The Papers 1. 'Convergent and Divergent Thinking' (1973) 2. 'Examinations in Education' (1975) 3. 'The Case Against Examinations' (1978) 4. 'A Rash Attempt to Measure Standards' (1979) 5. 'The Myth of Comparability' (1979) 6. 'Will the APU Rule the Curriculum?' (1980) 7. 'Did the Secondary Schools Get a Fair Trial?' (1980) 8. 'Unnatural Selection?' (1983) 9. 'Doomsday or a New Dawn? The Prospects for a Common System of Examining at 16+' (1984) 10. (with H. Goldstein) 'Profiles and Graded Tests: The Technical Issues' (1984) 11. 'What Can We Learn from Research on Testing and Appraisal?' (1986) 12. 'Problems in the Measurement of Change' (1986) 13. (with H. Goldstein) 'Can Graded Assessments, Records of Achievement, Modular Assessment and the GCSE co-exist?' (1986) 14. 'The Validity of Assessments' (1987) 15. (with H. Goldstein, R. Presser and H. Rasbash) 'Differential School Effectiveness' (1988) 16. 'National Assessment: Complacency or Misinterpretation?' (1989) 17. 'National Assessment - Will Reality Match Aspirations?'(1989) 18. Assessment in England (1991) 19. 'Choosing Indicators' (1994) 20. Presentation at Centre for Policy Studies Conference, 21 September 1993. Section 3: An Unfinished Pilgrimage A Bibliography of Desmond Nuttall's Major Publications. References. Index.
