236 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Assessment has become one of the most significant areas of interest in educational policy development, as well as the focus of complex political, economic and cultural expectations for change. Increasingly, governments worldwide have become aware that curricula and teachers can be indirectly controlled through programmes of assessment. Opponents of centralized systems of mass assessment claim they... Read more
List of Illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I Socio-Historical and Cultural Contexts of Assessment Policy: Editor’s Introduction, PART II Technologies of Testing: Editor’s Introduction, PART III Classroom Contexts of Assessment: Editor’s Introduction, PART IV Assessment as Lived Experience Beyond the Classroom: Editor’s Introduction PART V Postmodern Perspectives and Implications for Assessment Practice: Editor’s Introduction, List of Contributors, Name Index, Subject Index
Biography
Ann Filer
'I recommend this book to all those interested in the wider social context of assessment. It goes beyond the 'sorting and ranking mind set' that dominates much of the assessment debate and challenges teachers, politicians, academics and parents to consider afresh some of the contested areas of assessment.' - Paul Weeden, Educational Review
