Managing assessment processes: the views of teachers in England on aspects of the English assessment system. Presentation at the Eleventh Annual AEA-Europe Conference ‘Managing Assessment Processes: Policies and Research’, Oslo, Norway, 4-6 November 2010.

This paper highlights some recent research which has looked at teachers’ views on a range of changes to educational assessment that have occurred in England over the past two to three years. It is a snapshot of teachers’ views on the issues and in particular focuses on reactions to the removal of some of the statutory testing, the introduction of a new ‘Assessing Pupils’ Progress’ initiative and the planned introduction of a School Report Card. The paper questions how these views from teachers impact on assessment systems, how they should feed into policy development and implementation and where this leaves the formal management of assessment.

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