Beschreibung:
Assessment in Practice explores timely and important questions in relation to assessment. By examining the relationship between identity, culture, policy and inclusion, the book investigates the conflicted and fractured battleground of assessment, and challenges current and practiced understandings of assessment practice.
Introduction: Examining the Social Order of Assessment: Towards a sociocultural understanding of assessment policy and practice Chapter One: Setting the Boundaries in Assessment: Intersections of identity and value in personal spaces Chapter Two: Assessment as Public Practice: International aspects of assessment and accountability Chapter Three: Cultural Scripts of Assessment for Practice: Predictability, outcomes and life chances Chapter Four: Junior Cycle Reform: The negotiated nature of assessment policy in Ireland Chapter Five: Perspectives on social justice and assessment: Testing, social class and opportunity to learn Chapter Six: The Assessment of Pupils with Special Educational Needs: Giving effect to the principles of inclusivity in practice Conclusion: Disrupting normative thinking on assessment: New worlds and words for assessment