Formative assessment improving learning in secondary classrooms

This study features a collection of eight case studies of exemplary cases from secondary schools as well as international literature reviews and policy analysis related to formative assessment, the frequent assessments of student progress to identify learning needs and shape teaching. It examines su...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD c2005.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705361806719
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Thematic discussion. The case for formative assessment
  • Policy frameworks
  • The elements of formative assessment : case study findings and supporting research
  • Formative assessment in practice
  • Benefits and barriers
  • Policy implications
  • pt. 2. The case studies. Canada : encouraging the use of summative data for formative purposes / by Anne Sliwka, ... [et al.]
  • Denmark : building on a tradition of democracy and dialogue in schools / by John Townshend, Leif Moos and Poul Skov
  • England : implementing formative assessment in a high stakes environment / by Janet Looney and Dylan Wiliam
  • Finland : emphasising development instead of competition and comparison / by Joke Voogt and Helena Kasurinen
  • Italy : a system in transition / by Janet Looney, Cosimo Laneve and Maria Teresa Moscato
  • New Zealand : embedding formative assessment in multiple policy initiatives / Janet Looney and Jenny Poskitt
  • Queensland, Australia : an outcomes-based curriculum / by Judy Sebba and Graham Maxwell
  • Scotland : developing a coherent system of assessment / by Anne Sliwka and Ernest Spencer
  • pt. 3. The literature reviews. Changing teaching through formative assessment : research and practice : the King's-Medway-Oxfordshire Formative Assessment Project / by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam
  • Formative assessment of learning : a review of publications in French / by Linda Allal and Lucie Mottier Lopez
  • Formative assessment in classrooms : a review of the empirical German literature / by Olaf Koller.