Practical Planning and Assessment

by Readman, Kylie; Allen, William

• ISBN13: 9780195519563
• ISBN10: 0195519566
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-02-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Practical Planning and Assessment applies the viewpoint that assessment is as an integral part of curriculum, pedagogy and student learning, by demonstrating how assessment can be used to aid, support and enable learning. Relevant and readily applicable examples and classroom scenarios highlight the major topics of the text: assessment principles, practices, issues and futures.

The text addresses current issues in the teaching and study of assessment planning by following a format that could be used to design a course on assessment for any phase of learning. The currency of the book is demonstrated with particular focus on topics that have become of interest in recent years: engaging with new technologies, using data to plan curriculum and assessment, the national curriculum and sustainable approaches to assessment as well as structuring a practical approach to assessment at the level of the professional classroom teacher.

Author Biography

Kylie Readman, Director, Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching, University of the Sunshine Coast,William Allen, Senior Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast


Kylie Readman is Director, Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching, University of the Sunshine Coast. Kylie Readman is a national ALTC award winner in the area of assessment practice and is also the recipient of the 2010 Vice Chancellor's Medal for Learning and Teaching at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

William Allen is Senior Lecturer, School of Science, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast. He is involved in teacher education in the Graduate Diploma and Undergraduate programs, and in the professional development of practitioners in post-graduate programs at Graduate Certificate and Master's levels.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Assessment Built-In or Bolt-On?
PART ONE Assessment Principles
1. Developing a healthy attitudes to assessment for teachers
2. Developing a healthy approach to assessment among students
3. Non-negotiables in assessment
PART TWO: Assessment Practices
4. Planning and Programming Assessments
5. Classroom Formative Assessment Processes
6. Creating Helpful Feedback Cycles
7. School-based Summative Assessment: Design, Development and Conduct
8. Making Judgements about Student Achievement
9. Recording and Reporting, Reviewing and Responding
PART THREE: Assessment Perspectives
10. Assessment, Middle Schooling and the National Curriculum
11. Classroom Implications of High Stakes, Standardised Testing and Examinations
12. Planning and Assessment in the Early Years by Vicki Schriever
13. Planning and Assessment in the Senior Years
14. Accommodations of Assessment for Students with Special Needs by Mervyn Hyde
15. Using Emerging Technologies to Engage With Assessment
Conclusion: The Future of Classroom Assessment