CONTENTS
Acknowledgements = ⅶ
The authors = ⅸ
1 Introduction : Why study this book? = 1
What is proposed? = 1
Why take formative assessment seriously? = 2
How this book tells its story = 3
2 The source of the ideas = 6
Introduction = 6
The research evidence = 6
Current practice = 10
Planning further work = 12
3 How teachers developed the ideas with us = 17
The starting point = 17
The schools and teachers involved = 19
The way it went = 20
Qualitative data = 25
Quantitative data = 26
4 Putting the ideas into practice = 30
Four types of action = 30
Questioning = 32
Feedback by marking = 42
Peer- and self-assessment = 49
The formative use of summative tests = 53
Implications = 57
5 Looking at practice more deeply = 58
Subject knowledge and learning needs = 58
Differences between subjects = 67
Attitudes and beliefs = 74
Research into learning = 77
6 Changing yourself = 80
Stories of teacher change = 81
Changes in the teacher's role = 91
Changes in the role of students = 97
Risks and rewards = 98
7 Management and support = 100
Marginal or revolutionary? = 100
Innovation for the whole school = 101
A strategy for change = 103
Leadership, stimulus and support = 113
8 The end - and a beginning = 118
Risky journeys = 118
Research into practice = 119
Deeper implications = 120
Developing the formative concept = 121
Achieving impact = 122
Glossary of terms and acronyms = 124
References = 126
Index = 131
