Assessment reform in education : policy and practice / edited by Rita Berry and Bob Adamson

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Assessment reform experiences -- 1. Assessment reform past, present and future -- 2. Assessment for learning: research and policy in the (dis) United Kingdom -- 3. Assessment for learning: US perspectives -- 4. Educational assessment in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- 5. Assessment reform and educational change in Australia -- 6. Assessment for learning reform in Singapore: quality, sustainable or threshold? -- 7. Assessment reforms around the world -- Part 2. Issues in the spotlight -- 8. Engaging and empowering teachers in innovative assessment practice -- 9. Teacher's feedback to pupils: like so many bottles thrown out to sea? -- 10. Assessment for learning in language classrooms -- 11. Assessment reform: high-stakes testing and knowing the contents of other minds -- 12.Assessment of significant learning outcomes -- 13. Developing assessment for learning in a large-scale program-- 14. Embedding assessment for learning.

This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education. A new perspective of assessment sees assessment as a means to enhance learning. This book examines the tensions, challenges and outcomes (intended and unintended) of assessment reform arising at the interface of policy and implementation, and implementation and student learning. The book reviews the experiences insights gained from research, and identifies the facilitators and hindrances to effective change. It reflects current thinking of assessment and provides the readers with ample background information of assessment development in many countries including USA, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.