Developing teacher assessment / John Gardner, Wynne Harlen, Louise Hayward and Gordon Stobart

Developing Teacher Assessment: An Introduction -- Part I: Lighting the Fuse Assessment to Support Learning -- What is Quality Teacher Assessment? -- What’s Happening in the UK? -- Part II: Spreading the Word, Widening the Practice -- What is Innovative about Teacher Assessment? -- Moving Beyond the Classroom Professional Learning to Support Teacher Assessment Teachers as Self-Agents of Change -- Part III: Keeping it Going -- Making a Difference: Evaluating the Impact of Innovations in Assessment Embedding and Sustaining Developments in Teacher Assessment.

This book argues that the role of teacher assessment needs to be put firmly at the forefront of the educational agenda and that assessment by teachers needs to be developed in a widespread, high quality and sustainable fashion.