1st Edition

Educational Assessment in a Changing World Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead

By Isabel Nisbet, Stuart Shaw Copyright 2025
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

This timely book takes stock of the wide range of developments in society, education and assessment and offers conclusions and strategies that are necessary for the future of educational assessment. Drawing on examples from the UK, Europe and USA, the book will dissect cultural, political, psychological and ideological ideas on society, education and assessment and foreground pressing issues... Read more

1.      Introduction

2.      Developments in education and assessment

3.      New priorities and an unexpected shock

4.      Changes to thinking about society

5.      Changes to thinking about education and assessment

6.      The moral compass

7.      Lessons learned and the path ahead

Biography

Isabel Nisbet has held senior roles in the regulation of qualifications and assessment in the UK.

Stuart Shaw is Honorary Professor of University College London in the Institute of Education – Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment, UK.