Assessing ChildrenÆs Learning (Classic Edition)

"Not all education books are worth a tired teacher'¬"s spare time. This one is." -Times Educational Supplement "The Practice of effective assessment requires a thorough understanding and acceptance of the concepts of rights, responsibility and power, lying at the heart of our work as teachers. In searching for ways to make our assessment practices more effective, we are committing ourselves to recognising children'¬"s rights, shouldering our responsibilities towards them, and striving to use our power wisely and well" - Mary Jane Drummond, (from Chapter 1 '¬ÜLearning from Jason'¬") In this classic text, now featuring a brand new foreword by Sue Swaffield, Mary Jane Drummond examines some of the vital questions that teachers and other educators ask themselves as they assess children'¬"s learning across the curriculum. The author sets out to offer an alternative to objective, mechanical approaches to assessment; she shows assessment as a process in which teachers look at children'¬"s learning, strive to understand it, and then put their understanding to good use. Throughout the book, teachers are invited to consider the choices they make in the process of assessment, and to acknowledge their right, their responsibility and their power to act in the interests of children.