Understanding and Applying Assessment in Education (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781529732443)

All teachers are responsible for assessing the children they teach, and the outcomes of any assessment are important for individual learners, schools and wider education systems.

Designed as a pragmatic guide for new teachers and those training to teach, this book is your one-stop-shop for understanding assessment in schools. It covers formative and summative approaches used across primary and secondary education, supporting a balanced overview with policy examples drawn from the UK, Ireland and wider international contexts.

This updated second edition reflects recent trends in assessment and includes:

• more balanced coverage across primary and secondary age phases with a broader range of examples across curriculum subject areas
• a new chapter on the potential of digital assessment for both formative and summative purposes
• the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on assessment in general, and examinations in particular

Damian Murchan is Associate Professor in the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin.
Gerry Shiel is a Research Fellow at the Educational Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland.

Author: Damian Murchan, Gerry Shiel
ISBN-10: 1529732441
ISBN-13: 9781529732443
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2024
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.78d