An introduction to assessment /
Patricia Broadfoot.
- [London] ; New York : Continuum, c2007.
- viii, 184 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index.
Part 1: Understanding Assessment; 1: Introducing Assessment; Part 2: Assessment in its Social Context; 2: A Bit of History and the Baggage it has Left Us; 3: The Myth of Measurement; 4: A World in Thrall...; 5: The Contemporary Challenge; Part 3 Assessment as a Policy Tool; 6: The Evaluative Gaze; 7: the Quality Agenda; 8: Indicators and League Tables; 9: Assessing professionals; Part 4 Assessment for Learning; 10: The Emerging Evidence; 11: New vision, new tools: feedback, self-assessment and portfolios.; Part 5: The Way Ahead; 12: Breaking the mould?; 13: Seeing the world anew.