Principles and Practices of Assessment: A guide for aqssessors in the FE and skills sector

The first thing I should say is that the edition I have just read is the 3rd edition rather than the 4th. So hopefully the newer edition contains information about the General Data Protection Regulations, which came into effect in 2018. The edition I have read was published before that and therefore has reeferences to the old Data Protection legislation which pre-dated the GDPR.

This book, as its subtitle suggests, is geared towards post-compulsory education and so you may think it has limited application in schools. You would be righht to an extent. However, it is worth pointing out that there is plenty in this book to like.

For example, there are a lot of worked examples, so to speak, and each chapter ends with a summary, a bibliography, and a list of relevant websites.

Althioughh it has a very short section on assessment for learning, it does have an excellent list of questions the teacher or trainer should ask themselves regarding their questioning practice. ,And then it gives examples of closed, open, probing and other kinds of questions.#

Well worth considering.