In this book Alison Peacock focuses on every child’s capacity to learn. The book considers what can happen when as educators we take the opportunity to view assessment as a means of reducing inequity through ‘learning without limits’ principles of collaboration professional learning and inquiry.
Peacock, A. (2016) Learning without Limits. Open University Press.
Two useful booklets for helping to understand and use assessment and assessment data are:
Swaffield, S. and Dudley, P. (2010) Assessment Literacy for Wise Decisions: 3rd Edition, London: Association of Teachers and Lecturers.
Ofsted (2008) Using Data, Improving Schools, London: Ofsted. (Reading 14.4)
For a developed example of a national assessment system with strong alignment to curriculum objectives, see:
Scottish Government (2011) Principles of Assessment in Curriculum for Excellence. Building the Curriculum 5. A Framework for Assessment. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. (Reading 14.2)
For a principled guide to the ‘art’ of classroom assessment see:
Butt, G. (2011) Making Assessment Matter, London: Continuum. (Reading 14.3)
Some issues surrounding the increasingly important matter of international comparisons based on assessment data are identified in:
Sturman, L. (2012) ‘Making the best use of international comparison data’ Research Intelligence, 119, Autumn/Winter, 16-17. (Reading 14.6)
