Assessment Debates

Part 1 Contemporary assessment issues: assessment - a changing practice; the need for change; progression; purposes and principles (extract from National Curriculum - Task Group on Assessment and Testing - A Report); TGAT - a conflict of purpose; the agenda for educational measurement; school examinations - some sociological issues. Part 2 Records and profiles: the uses and purposes of testing; records of achievement; negotiation and dialogue in student assessment and teacher appraisal. Part 3 The case of reading: what is reading - which model?; three studies of reading tests in the classroom; reading tests; testing teachers? a critical look at the Schools Council project - "extending beginning reading"; the primary language record. Part 4 After school: disentangling validity from reliability in NVQs; an achievement-led college.