Making assessment matter [[electronic resource] /] / Graham Butt

• Autore: Butt Graham
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, NY, : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.26
• Soggetto topico: Educational tests and measurements; Educational evaluation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 Introducing assessment; 2 Using assessment to promote learning; 3 Can assessment raise standards?; 4 The influence of 'high stakes' and 'low stakes' assessment; 5 Formative and summative assessment: 'We need to talk'; 6 Marking, feedback and self-assessment - communicating the results of assessment; 7 Achieving assessment targets; 8 Equality of opportunity in assessment - the case of boys' underachievement; 9 Making assessment easier? The role of e-assessment; 10 Making assessment matter; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Teachers often spend a considerable amount of their time monitoring and assessing their pupils' performance. But what are we assessing for, and can assessment practices be changed to make them more useful to teachers and learners?. Assessment activities in schools are frequently criticised by government inspectors - often being reported as the least successful aspect of schools' work. Drawing on established research, Making Assessment Matter focuses on the purpose of assessment, and suggests strategies for managing assessment in a more effective way. The author considers the role of assessment
• Titolo autorizzato: Making assessment matter
• ISBN: 1-282-87625-2; 9786612876257; 1-4411-8180-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459378803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II