Assessment and Learning in the Secondary School (Successful Teac

Taylor & Francis

Assessment and Learning in the Secondary SchoolAuthor(s): Prof E C Wragg\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415249584, 978-0415249584\nSynopsis\nAssessment is now regarded as a 'high stakes' issue: schools, teachers, and individual pupils are often judged by the results of national tests and public examinations.\n\nThis book addresses both formal and informal ways of assessing children's work and progress. Pupils' learning is often neglected in the debate, so this book puts what children actually learn right at its centre and involves them sensibly and appropriately in the improvement of teaching and learning.\n\nThe book is divided into six units where Ted Wragg address topics such as: \n\n* principles and purposes of assessment\n* written, oral and practical evaluation\n* self-assessment the 'whole school' approach\n* staff development and appraisal.\n\nThe inclusion of tried and tested practical activities, dis.