Assessment Policy Reform

Name: Assessment Policy Reform
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Assessment Policy ReformAuthor(s): Tina Isaacs, Iasonas Lamprianou\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367345228, 978-0367345228\nSynopsis\nThis book highlights the impact of policy and politics on assessment across the globe. With contributions from England, the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Wales, it explores state-led assessment policies and practices that have been the subject of much debate.\n\nWe are experiencing a shift from using assessments especially national tests as measurement instruments designed to produce information, to a reliance on tests to influence policy and instruction. Once tests become high stakes for students, teachers, and schools even those that might have been reasonable monitors of educational success can lose dependability and credibility. However, not all countries assessment policies follow the same model and the contributors explore and analy.