Tina Isaacs & Catherine Zara 
Key Concepts in Educational Assessment [EPUB ebook] 

Key Concepts in Educational Assessment provides expert definitions and interpretations of common terms within the policy and practice of educational assessment. Concepts such as validity, assessment for learning, measurement, comparability and differentiation are discussed, and there is broad coverage of UK and international terminology. Drawing on the considerable expertise of the authors, the entries provide:

– clear definitions

– accounts of the key issues

– authoritative and reliable information

– suggestions for further reading

Created to support students of education on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and established education professionals including those who are members of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors (CIEA), this book is an accessible guide for anyone engaged in educational assessment.

Tina Isaacs is Director of the MA in Educational Assessment at the Institute of Education, London.

Catherine Zara was most recently Director of the MA in Educational Assessment and Director of the BA (Hons) in Post Compulsory Education and Training at the University of Warwick.

Graham Herbert was most recently Director of the CIEA.

Steve J. Coombs is Head of Department for Continuing Professional Development at Bath Spa University, which offers an MA in Educational Assessment.

Charles Smith is senior lecturer in economics and education at Swansea Metropolitan University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

Tabela de Conteúdo

Introduction

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)

Assessment for Learning

Assessment of Learning

Assessment Policy

Attainment

Awarding Bodies

Basic Skills Assessment

Comparability

Continuous Assessment

Coursework

Criterion Referencing

Diagnostic Assessment

Differentiation

Discrimination

E-assessment

Examinations

External Verification

Fairness

Feedback

Grading, Including Marking

Group Assessment

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

Internal Verification

International Assessment

Ipsative Assessment

Mark Scheme

Measurement

Moderation

National Curriculum Assessment

Norm Referencing

Peer and Self Assessment

Performance-based Assessment

Purposes of Assessment

Qualifications

Quality Assurance

Recording and Tracking

Regulation of Assessment

Reliability

Standardisation

Supply and Selection

Validity

Vocational Assessment

Work-based Assessment