Assessment: What's In It For Schools?

by Patricia Broadfoot

Book Overview

There has been much debate on the purposes and methods of assessment over the last couple of years. This book gathers together the latest thinking and looks at how assessment can be used to promote or inhibit learning. Unlike other books on the market, this one summarizes theory and shows how it can be best put into practice, using as little jargon as possible.

Some of the issues discussed in this text include:

* how assessment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415235928
• ISBN13: 9780415235921
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.0"