All teachers are responsible for assessing the children they teach, and the outcomes of any assessment are important for individual learners, schools and wider education systems.
Designed as a pragmatic guide for new teachers and those training to teach, this book is your one-stop-shop for understanding assessment in schools. It covers formative and summative approaches used across primary and secondary education, supporting a balanced overview with policy examples drawn from the UK, Ireland and wider international contexts.
This updated second edition reflects recent trends in assessment and includes:
Gerry Shiel is a Research Fellow at the Educational Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
Designed as a pragmatic guide for new teachers and those training to teach, this book is your one-stop-shop for understanding assessment in schools. It covers formative and summative approaches used across primary and secondary education, supporting a balanced overview with policy examples drawn from the UK, Ireland and wider international contexts.
This updated second edition reflects recent trends in assessment and includes:
- more balanced coverage across primary and secondary age phases with a broader range of examples across curriculum subject areas
- a new chapter on the potential of digital assessment for both formative and summative purposes
- the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on assessment in general, and examinations in particular
Gerry Shiel is a Research Fellow at the Educational Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Authors:
- Murchan, Damian|Shiel, Gerry
- Year Published:
- 2024
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781529732443
- Number of Pages:
- 376
- Publication Date:
- 19/04/2024
- Publisher:
- Sage Publications Ltd
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781529732443