DEVELOPING TEACHERS ASSESSMENT LITERACY
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- Author: KIM KOH
- ISBN: 9789004385665
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Since the turn of the 21st century, developing teachers’
assessment literacy has been recognized as one of the key levers for improving
instructional practice and student learning in light of the education reforms
worldwide. A substantial body of literature is focused on teachers’ assessment
literacy or teachers’ capacity in assessment, and teachers’ continuing
professional development in assessment. As we approach the third decade of the
21st century, developing teachers’ assessment literacy needs to be more
responsive to the need of both preservice and inservice teachers who come from
linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. The authors concur that both
preservice and inservice teachers in today’s complex educational contexts
require a deeper level of understanding of assessment. Additionally, teachers
are highly encouraged to appreciate the history of educational assessment in
different sociocultural and political contexts, as well as to know how to
determine the merits of a range of assessment practices best suited for their
lesson planning and classroom teaching. In this book, the authors discuss
significant aspects of developing teachers’ assessment literacy in different
sociocultural and political contexts. Based on their respective educational
backgrounds, academic experiences, and applied fields of study, each of the
authors presents a critical response to the topic of assessment. Their accounts
represent the complexity of the subject through a breadth and range of content
and perspectives. By expanding the terms of reference regarding assessment, the
authors have developed a book with a far richer panorama on assessment as a
springboard for inquiry.