Previous ed.: 2006.

Assessment and learning : introduction / John Gardner -- Assessment for learning in the classroom / Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam -- Professional learning as a condition for assessment for learning / David Pedder and Mary James -- From teachers to schools : scaling up professional development for formative assessment / Siobhan Leahy and Dylan Wiliam -- Alternative perspectives on learning outcomes : challlenges for assessment / Richard Daugherty ... [et al.] -- On the relationship between assessment for formative and summative purposes / Wynne Harlen -- Quality assessment practice / John Gardner -- Assessment and learning : the learner's perspective / Louise Hayward -- Instrumentalism and achievement : a socio-cultural understanding of tensions in vocational education / Kathryn Ecclestone -- Policy and practice in assessment for learning : the experience of selected OECD countries / Judy Sebba -- The role of assessment in developing motivation for learning / Wynne Harlen -- Assessment in harmony with our understanding of learning : problems and possibilities / Mary James with Jenny Lewis -- Developing a theory of formative assessment / Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam -- Validity in formative assessment / Gordon Stobart -- The reliability of assessments / Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam -- Validity, purpose and the recycling of results from educational assessments / Paul E. Newton --

"Assessment and Learning places learning at the centre of our concerns and explicitly underscores the importance of assessment in that learning. This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of assessment that is used to support learning, practice-based theory on assessment for learning, and formative assessment to support individual development and motivate learners. With a strong list of existing and new contributors, this second edition has been updated to include the latest work on assessment. Readers will find research-informed insights from a wide variety of international contexts. It features: New chapters on e-assessment, the learner's perspective on assessment and learning and the influence of assessment on how we value learning -- Teacher-friendly assessment topics -- Practical examples and chapter summaries throughout. This book is useful to teacher educators and researchers on postgraduate courses in education, teaching, learning and assessment."--Provided by publisher.