Developing Teacher Assessment

by Gardner, John; Harlen, Wynne; Hayward, Louise; Stobart, Gordon; Montgomery, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780335237838
• ISBN10: 0335237835
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

This book explores the processes involved in developing assessment practice. It argues that the role of teacher assessment needs to be put firmly at the forefront of the educational agenda and that assessment by teachers needs to be developed in a widespread, high quality and sustainable fashion.

Author Biography

Gardner is Professor of Education in the School of Education at Queen's University, Belfast and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Assessment, University of Oxford, UK.
Wynne Harlen, OBE, is Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol, UK.
Louise Hayward is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Gordon Stobart is Professor of Education at the University of Bristol and Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.
Martin Montgomery was formerly the Assessment Operations and Development Manager at the Northern Ireland Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment and is now an independent Assessment Consultant.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Developing teacher assessment: an introduction	p. 1
Lighting the fuse
Assessment to support learning	p. 15
What is quality teacher assessment?	p. 29
What is happening in the UK?	p. 53
Spreading the word, widening the practice
What is innovative about teacher assessment?	p. 71
Moving beyond the classroom	p. 85
Professional learning to support teacher assessment	p. 100
Teachers as self-agents of change	p. 130
Keeping it going
Making a difference: evaluating the impact of innovations in assessment	p. 141
Embedding and sustaining developments in teacher assessment	p. 155
Projects examined and members of the core group and advisory committee of the Nuffield Foundation-funded Analysis and Review of Innovations in Assessment (ARIA) Study, 2006/8	p. 172
A professional development template	p. 174
References	p. 179
Index	p. 195
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