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An Introductionto Assessment is for all who work in education, including those on Education Studies programmes, those in initial teacher training, andpractising teachers keen to update their knowledge. Thisbookcovers: definitions of educational assessment and the part it plays in relation to individuals, institutions and society historical and sociological perspectives the impact of educational assessment internationally and how this needs to change in the light of globalisation and changing employment needs the advent of assessment as a policy tool with league tables and targets underpinning the overwhelming impact of accountability requirements teacher appraisal and institutional self-evaluation, as well as international indicators assessment for learning new ideas concerning how assessment could bedeveloped in the light of the advent of novel information technologies. In addressing these things,the author showsthatassessment truly is a defining feature of contemporary education, and takes her overviewto the cutting edge of thinking in this field with coverage of the scope of e-assessment, and assessment for learning as critically important ways forward. Written in an accessible and engaging style, An Introduction for Assessment is for all those who are seeking a non-technical introduction, yet one that is delivered by a leading academic in the field and offers a fresh look at educational assessment today.
Sommario
Part 1: Understanding Assessment
1: Introducing Assessment
Part 2: Assessment in its Social Context
2: A Bit of History and the Baggage it has Left Us
3: The Myth of Measurement
4: A World in Thrall: International Assessment Regimes
5: The Contemporary Challenge
Part 3 Assessment as a Policy Tool
6: The Evaluative Gaze
7: The Quality Agenda
8: Indicators and League Tables
9: Assessing professionals
Part 4 Assessment for Learning
10: The Emerging Evidence
11 : New vision, new tools: feedback, self-assessment and portfolios.
Part 5: The Way Ahead
12: Breaking the mould
13: Seeing the world anew
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Patricia Broadfoot is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Gloucestershire, UK, and former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Bristol, UK. She has been awarded a CBE.
