What Teachers Need to Know about Assessment and Reporting

What Teachers Need to Know About Assessment and Reporting is a response to the pressures on teachers and schools to not only improve the quality of teaching, but to demonstrate improved outcomes. Many teachers apply assessment approaches which are familiar from their own education or that are learnt from peers. This book seeks to fill the gap in teacher knowledge about assessment and reporting and to provide practical support in this area for teachers and school leaders. It explores the various purposes of assessment along with practical guidance on creating and scoring assessments, interpreting and using data, and reporting the results to various audiences for various purposes. 

A valuable support to understand the why, how and what to assess. - British Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 46, Number 4, 2015

Phil Ridden has extensive experience as a primary and secondary teacher, curriculum writer, advisory teacher, professional development and training consultant, deputy principal, principal, board member, author, conference speaker and parent. Sandy Heldsinger has extensive applied and theoretical experience in educational assessment. Although Sandy has co-ordinated a State testing program she has remained close to schools, and has used her expertise to support teachers in better understanding good assessment practice.

What Teachers Need to Know About Assessment and Reporting is a response to the pressures on teachers and schools to not only improve the quality of teaching, but to demonstrate improved outcomes. Many teachers apply assessment approaches which are familiar from their own education or that are learnt from peers. This book seeks to fill the gap in teacher knowledge about assessment and reporting and to provide practical support in this area for teachers and school leaders. It explores the various purposes of assessment along with practical guidance on creating and scoring assessments, interpreting and using data, and reporting the results to various audiences for various purposes.

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