Handbook of Classroom Assessment: Learning, Achievement, and Adjustment
The Handbook of Classroom Assessment takes a multi-dimensional approach to classroom assessment. A successful combination of theory and practice, the book emphasizes the assessment of classroom learning within content areas and the development of standards for evaluation. Most chapters are devoted to the assessment of learning and achievement and discuss current theories. The book also features assessment of academic self-concept and subjective well-being in children and adolescents.
There has been much debate on the purposes and methods of assessment over the last couple of years. This book gathers together the latest thinking and looks at how assessment can be used to promote or inhibit learning. Assessment is ideal for teachers and other non-academics concerned with education who require a grounding in the issue to help them in their daily work.
Assessment is helpful in charting student growth and evolution. It provides a constant source of feedback to the learners, enabling them to demonstrate what they have absorbed. The book explains the difference between authentic assessment and performance assessment and describes how typical tests differ from the techniques of assessment. Included in the coverage are many resources on the topic in books, articles, videos, and on the Internet.
Educational Evaluation, Assessment and Monitoring: A Systemic Approach
This book presents methodological development in educational measurement, monitoring on the basis of indicator systems, and review-type approaches such as inspection and school self-evaluation.
Assessment is inextricably linked with learning and teaching, and its profile in British schools has never been higher. Recently the value and importance of formative assessment in supporting learning and teaching has also become widely recognised.
