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Beyond Testing: Towards a Theory of Educational Assessment - Softcover

Book 4 of 8: Routledge Education Classic Education

Gipps, Caroline

 
9780750703291: Beyond Testing: Towards a Theory of Educational Assessment

Synopsis

Assessment has been developing at a rapid rate during the 1990s, and issues surrounding this development have been examined and re-thought by various key researchers. Examination of the technical issues of the effect of assessment on curriculum and teaching, and the relationship with learning criterion and teacher and performance assessment is provided in this book. By drawing together analyses, it offers a framework for educational assessment.

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Review

..."If SCAA and the Government are seriously interested in raising the standard of assessment (as opposed to the testing) then they should distribute a copy of Beyond Testing.both to all teachers and first and foremost to themselves." -Guardian Education

About the Author

Caroline V. Gipps is an international authority on educational assessment. Originally trained as a psychologist, Caroline worked as a primary school teacher and psychometrician before entering a career in educational research. She worked for a variety of organizations before joining the Institute of Education, University of London, where she spent 19 years as a researcher, Professor of Education and then Dean of Research. During this time Caroline was president of the British Educational Research Association, a member of the RAE panel for Education in 1996, a Nuffield Research Fellow, and holder of several ESRC awards. She moved to Kingston University in 1999 as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and to the University of Wolverhampton as Vice-Chancellor in 2005.

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