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Recommended readings


These readings provide some of the key research that underpins the national assessment strategy:

Assessment Reform Group (1999). Assessment for Learning: Beyond the Black Box. Cambridge: University of Cambridge School of Education.

Bell, B. and Cowie, C. (2001). Formative Assessment and Science Education. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Black, P. and Wiliam, D. (1998). Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment. London: Kings College. (Also published in Phi Delta Kappan, 80 (2), October 1998, pp. 139 – 148).

Crooks, T. J. (1988). The Impact of Classroom Evaluation Practices on Students. Review of Educational Research, 58 (4), 438 – 481.

Fullan, M. (1993). Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform. New York: The Falmer Press.

Fullan, M. (1999). Change Forces: The Sequel. London: The Falmer Press.

Harlen, W. (1998). Classroom Assessment: A Dimension of Purposes and Procedures. A paper presented at NZARE Annual Conference, Dunedin.

Hattie, J. (1999). Influences on Student Learning. Inaugural Professorial Address, University of Auckland.

Hill, M. (2000). Dot, Slash, Cross: How Assessment Can Drive Teachers to Ticking Instead of Teaching. set: Research Information for Teachers, 1, 21 – 25.

Linn, R. L. (2000). Assessments and Accountability. Educational Researcher, 29 (2), 4 – 16.

Peddie, R. (2000). Evaluation of the Assessment for Better Learning Professional Development Programmes. Report to the Ministry of Education, Research Division.

Rosenholtz, S. J. (1991). Teachers' Workplace: The Organizational Context of Schooling. New York: Teachers College Press.

Sadler, R. D. (1987). Specifying and Promulgating Achievement Standards. Oxford Review of Education, 13,(2), 191 – 209.

Sadler, R. D. (1998). Formative Assessment: Revisiting the Territory. Assessment in Education, 5 (1), 77 – 84.

Tunstall, P. & Gipps, C. (1996). How Does Your Teacher Help You to Make Your Work Better? Children's Understanding of Formative Assessment. The Curriculum Journal, 3 (7), 185 – 203.


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