Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 History -- chapter 3 Purposes -- chapter 4 Confidence in Assessment--Reliability and Validity -- chapter 5 What to Test--Norms, Criteria and Domains -- chapter 6 How to Assess--Methods and Instruments -- chapter 7 Teachers' Roles in Assessment and Testing -- chapter 8 Pupils and Assessment -- chapter 9 Certification and Accountability -- chapter 10 Conclusions
Summary
Owing to daily work pressures and concerns, many teachers have little opportunity for considering and furthering their understanding of different issues surrounding assessment. Written in a user-friendly, jargon-free style, this text provides the reader with points of growth or change in the field of assessment. Each chapter in the text ends with a section on questions/exercises and further reading
