Testing Times Stobart Gordon
Testing Times Stobart Gordon Assessment dominates our lives but its good intentions often produce negative consequences. It is true to say that as the volume of assessment increases, confidence in…
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Testing Times Stobart Gordon
Assessment dominates our lives but its good intentions often produce negative consequences. It is true to say that as the volume of assessment increases, confidence in what it represents is diminishing. An example that is central to this book is how current forms of assessment encourage shallow 'for-the-test' learning.
To do this the purpose, and fitness-for-purpose, of assessments have to be clear.Gordon Stobart critically examines five issues that currently have high-profile status:intelligence testinglearning skillsaccountabilitythe 'diploma disease'formative assessmentStobart explains that these form the basis for the argument that we must generate assessments which, in turn, encourage deep and This book seeks to reclaim assessment as a constructive activity which can encourage deeper learning.