Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

This groundbreaking book illustrates the conceptual and practical dilemmas of assessment and raises issues that are relevant and applicable across a variety of modes of assessment and across various contexts where assessment takes place.

I: Introduction; 1: Introduction; 2: The challenges of assessment in a new learning culture; II: Connecting education and society through assessment; 3: Some consequences of writing assessment; 4: Assessment of writing in Norway; 5: Assessing craft and design; 6: Defining authentic assessment; 7: The role of assessment in preparing for lifelong learning; 8: Assessment; III: The dilemmas of assessment practice in educational institutions; 9: A theory-based discussion of assessment criteria; 10: Real or imagined?; 11: Teacher or assessor?; 12: Changing assessment practices in Norwegian higher education; 13: Performance assessment in nursing education; 14: The challenge of assessing portfolios; 15: A workplace perspective on school assessment 1; IV: Assessment, learners, and teachers; 16: Assessment for learners; 17: Academics' and academic developers' views of student self-assessment; 18: Students' experiences of feedback on academic assignments in higher education; 19: Assessment beyond belief; V: Epilogue; 20: Balancing dilemmas