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The Social World of Pupil Assessment: Processes and Contexts of Primary Schooling

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2000
ISBN
0826447902, 9781847143969, 9780826447999, 9780826447906, 0826447996
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10591470 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
304\177
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Defining assessment in the widest possible way, this work is a comprehensive ethnographic study of assessment. The case studies cover most of the important questions concerning assessment: who is being assessed and who is doing the assessing?; what is being assessed and when and where is the assessment taking place?; how does assessment function and how are asssesment findings interpreted? The findings have major implications for education practice and policy. It shows how supposedly objective assessment procedures depend on their contexts and are vulnerable to both bias and distortion. The study provides the definitive examination of assessment in the 5-11 ranges.

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