Assessment Reform in Education

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Contents.- Foreword.- Acknowledgments.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Contributors.- Part 1 Assessment Reform Experiences.- 1 Assessment Reform Past, Present and Future: Rita Berry and Bob Adamson.- 2 Assessment for Learning: Research and Policy in the (dis)United Kingdom: Mary James.- 3 Assessment for Learning: US Perspectives: Jim Flaitz.- 4 Educational Assessment in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: Rita Berry.- 5 Assessment Reform and Educational Change in Australia: Val Klenowski.- 6 Assessment for Learning Reform in Singapore - Quality, Sustainable or Threshold? Kelvin Tan.- 7 Assessment Reforms around the World: Rita Berry-. Part 2 Issues in the Spotlight.- 8 Engaging and Empowering Teachers in Innovative Assessment Practice: John Gardner, Wynne Harlen, Louise Hayward and Gordon Stobart.- 9 Teachers' Feedback to Pupils: Like so many bottles thrown out to sea? Eleanore Hargreaves.- 10 Assessment for Learning in Language Classroom: Alice Chow and Pamela Leung.- 11 Assessment Reform: High-Stakes Testing and Knowing the Contents of Other Minds: David Scott.- 12 Assessment of Significant Learning Outcomes: Richard Daugherty, Paul Black, Kathryn Ecclestone, Mary James and Paul Newton.- 13 Developing Assessment for Learning in a Large-Scale Programme: Hak Ping Tam and Yu-Jen Lu.- 14 Embedding Assessment for Learning: Bob Adamson. Author Index. Subject Index. Foreword. Acknowledgments. List of Tables. List of Figures. Contributors .