Do you need a practical guide to assessment, curriculum and policy? Are you also looking for a book that is firmly grounded in theory and professional practice? This book makes assessment processes transparent for practitioners, and shows how assessment should align with curriculum and teaching for success in education. The book will show you how practitioner use of achievement standards can improve learning, equity, social justice and accountability.
Inside this book, you will learn about:
Quality assessment and judgement practice
Relationships across curriculum, assessment, teaching and learning
Front-ending assessment based on the learner's needs
Practitioner judgement approaches and standards
The conditions under which teacher assessment can be valid
Principles derived from research of social moderation practices
Assessment for Education is the perfect guide for students, researchers, academics and teaches, and anyone working in curriculum and assessment policy.