Effective Assessment in Schools Beyond Basics and Best Practices

Part 1: Assessment Fit for Future in Schools, for Society

1. Preservice teachers’ conceptions of fairness in classrooms, schools, and society

Amir Rasooli and Michael Holden

2. Assessment in an Inclusive Classroom

Simon Reynolds

3. Assessment as the Safe Space for Student Wellbeing and Learning

Jill Willis and Julie Arnold

4. A Review of Singapore’s Assessment Reforms and its Impact in Reshaping and Repositioning Assessment Practices in Schools

Wong Hwei Ming and Kelvin Tan

Part 2: Assessment Literacy, and Leadership

5. Assessment Leadership: What? How? By Whom?

Tay Hui Yong

6. Re-conceptualising Assessment Literacy: Situated Perspectives on Practice and Leadership

Durka Devi Palaraju

7. Resistance and Agency in Assessment for Learning

Kelvin Tan, Durka Devi Palaraju, Grace Koh, and Lin Shaojie

8. Evaluating Assessment Initiatives: Evaluating the Influence of Leadership in Formative Assessment Implementation Across Two Primary Schools in Singapore

Kiren Kaur

9. Engaging students as feedback partners in Singapore schools: Affordances and constraints Jessica To and Grace Koh

Part 3: Theories and technicalities of assessment

10. Principled assessment design for schools

Chue Kah Loong

11. A critical assessment of the argument-based validity framework

Vahid Aryadoust and Azrifah Zakaria

12. Assessment in the Digital Age

Tay Hui Yong and Ralph Saubern

13. Supporting assessment with learning progressions

Chue Kah Loong, Kate Lafferty, and Melissa Barnes

14. Item Response Theory and The Rasch Model

Qianqian Pan

Part 4: Assessment for all leaners in schools, and society

15. Fostering Trust in GenAI-Assisted AfL Feedback: Exploring the Intersection of Teachers’ and Students’ Literacies in Feedback and AI

Shamini Thilarajah, Farhan Ali, and Shanti Divaharan

16. English Language Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment Feedback: From Inspection To Introspection

Rachel Goh

17. Recognising Students’ Gestures as Signs of Learning for Formative Assessment

Amelia Yeo and Fei Victor Lim

18. Assessment for All (Special) Learners and the Lundy Framework of Participation

Xie Huichao and Kelvin Tan

19. Using the Receptivity to Instructional Feedback Scale in Primary and Secondary Schools Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Koh Ee Hway, Poh Lee Siew, Emilian A. Lipnevich, Edna Tay Chee Joo, and Kelvin Tan Heng Kiat

20. Assessment Fit for our Future - beyond practices and paradigms to protect Human Agency

Kelvin Tan

Biography

Kelvin Tan is Associate Professor, Learning Sciences and Assessment, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Tay Hui Yong is Adjunct Senior Fellow, Learning Sciences and Assessment, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Chue Kah Loong is Senior Lecturer, Psychology and Child & Human Development, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Amelia Yeo is Assistant Professor, Psychology and Child & Human Development, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

'Effective Assessment in Schools is one of the most compelling and comprehensive collections on assessment available. With must-read articles by leading scholars, it pushes our thinking and practice forward, strengthening assessment in today’s schools.'

Christopher DeLuca, Professor, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, Canada

'Effective assessment is fundamental to student learning. This edited volume offers a comprehensive treatment of different aspects of assessment in Singaporean education and beyond. A stimulating read for researchers, teachers and graduate students.'

David Carless, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

'Several decades ago the first edition of Rowntree's book, titled ‘Assessing students: How shall we know them?’' was published in 1977, with many reprints to follow. It provided an essential foundation for me as I began teacher preparation and remained a valuable text in changing times.  I expect this exciting new volume, grounded in 'Effective Assessment in Schools; Beyond Basics and Best Practices' will be also very highly valued by beginning teachers and those advancing their teaching journey. There is much to learn through the chapters as they come together in an impressive volume.  It is undoubtedly a book for today's classrooms in the digital era. I am confident that the volume will be well received by beginning teachers and those continuing their learning about the centrality of assessment to learner growth. I expect it will simulate not only individual learning but will also  trigger new insights into the nature and function of assessment,  how it is enacted, and becomes situated in policy, and practice.'

Claire Wyatt-Smith, Professor Emeritus Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia.