Assessment Reform in Education Policy and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berry, Rita (Editor), Adamson, Bob (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 14
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Teaching.; Assessment.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Curriculum Studies.

The early 21st century saw education reforms in many countries that were driven by new economic imperatives and that generally called for a realignment of assessment concepts to match the prevailing educational goals. Divided into two sections and fourteen chapters, this book provides an interpretat...

Table of Contents:

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Contributors
• Part 1 Assessment Reform Experiences
• 1 Assessment Reform Past, Present and Future: Rita Berry and Bob Adamson
• 2 Assessment for Learning: Research and Policy in the (dis)United Kingdom: Mary James
• 3 Assessment for Learning: US Perspectives: Jim Flaitz
• 4 Educational Assessment in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: Rita Berry
• 5 Assessment Reform and Educational Change in Australia: Val Klenowski
• 6 Assessment for Learning Reform in Singapore – Quality, Sustainable or Threshold? Kelvin Tan
• 7 Assessment Reforms around the World: Rita Berry-. Part 2 Issues in the Spotlight
• 8 Engaging and Empowering Teachers in Innovative Assessment Practice: John Gardner, Wynne Harlen, Louise Hayward and Gordon Stobart
• 9 Teachers’ Feedback to Pupils: “Like so many bottles thrown out to sea”? Eleanore Hargreaves
• 10  Assessment for Learning in Language Classroom: Alice Chow and Pamela Leung
• 11 Assessment Reform: High-Stakes Testing and Knowing the Contents of Other Minds: David Scott
• 12 Assessment of Significant Learning Outcomes: Richard Daugherty, Paul Black, Kathryn Ecclestone, Mary James and Paul Newton
• 13 Developing Assessment for Learning in a Large-Scale Programme: Hak Ping Tam and Yu-Jen Lu
• 14 Embedding Assessment for Learning: Bob Adamson. Author Index. Subject Index. Foreword. Acknowledgments. List of Tables. List of Figures. Contributors .