Product Description: We know the importance of assessing our students, both to inform instruction and to note progress. But how do you write a test that actually assesses what you want it to? In this book, veteran testing professional Jan Gleiter breaks down the most common problems test-writers faceand tells you how to solve those problems as you craft assessment...read more

Product Description: ‘It is an exceptionally thoughtful assessment of assessment, and I am (along with anyone else who broods about education) much in your debt.’ Jerome Bruner, personal communication with the author When this award-winning book was originally published in 1994, a review in the TES said: ‘Beyond Testing is a refreshingly honest look at the dilemmas facing those who are trying to make educational assessment more supportive of high-quality learning for all pupils and students … It contains powerful and practical messages for assessment developers, policy-makers, teachers and pupils...read more