Product Description

This book examines the issues underlying assessment procedures, such as truth, fairness, trust, humanity and social justice

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127766 in Books
• Published on: 1987-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

From the Back Cover
Assessment methods can largely determine what and how students learn, so it is vital that our assessment methods are appropriate to our true educational purposes. This book examines the issues underlying assessment procedures, such as truth, fairness, trust, humanity and social justice and goes on to consider the five key dimensions of assessment:
* why assess?
* what to assess?
* how to assess?
* How to interpret?
* How to respond?
Having guided us through the many conceptual and terminological traps, the book ends constructively with seventeen proposals for making assessment work in the best interests of our students.

About the Author
Derek Rowntree has over 35 years' experience of assessing students in school, teaching training colleges and university. He is Professor of Educational Development at the Open University.

Customer Reviews

Assessment - great
This book is a must for all those teachers studying assessment, thinking about how to assess students and why we assess students. It is a real easy read with some excellent content. The author has a pleasant writing style which makes you want to read more, rather than that drowsiness which often accompanies text books. Recommended for students who are training to become teachers, teachers who are working with student, and anyone else who is interested in reading around the subject.