Assessment and Learning in the Secondary School

Assessment of what children have learned has become an ever more important matter and this book addresses both formal and informal ways of assessing children's work and progress. Assessment is now regarded as a high stakes issue: schools, teachers, individual pupils are often judged by the results of national tests and public examinations. Pupils' learning is frequently neglected in the debate so this book puts what children actually learn right at its centre. The book is divided into six units, which address topics such as: principles and purposes of assessment written, oral and practical evaluation self-assessment and self-evaluation the whole school approach staff development and appraisal The inclusion of many practical activities, discussion topics, photographs, cartoons and case study examples makes this a very user-friendly book for both trainee and experienced teachers in secondary schools.Wragg, E. C. is the author of 'Assessment and Learning in the Secondary School' with ISBN 9780415249584 and ISBN 0415249589.