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Integrating Assessment with Learning: What Will It Take to Make It Work?

Wiliam, D; Thompson, M; (2008) Integrating Assessment with Learning: What Will It Take to Make It Work? In: Dwyer, CA, (ed.) The Future of Assessment: Shaping Teaching and Learning. (pp. 53-82). Routledge: New York, NY, USA. Green open access

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Abstract

Improving education is a priority for all countries. Increasing the level of educational achievement brings benefits to the individual, such as higher lifetime earnings, and to society as a whole, both in terms of increased economic growth and lower social costs such as health care and criminal justice costs (Gritz & MaCurdy, 1992; Hanushek, 2004; Levin, 1972; Tyler, Murnane, & Willett, 2000). Indeed, the total return on investments in education can be well over $10 for every $1 invested (Schweinhart et al., 2005). This means that even loosely focused investments in education are likely to be cost-effective. Given public skepticism about such long-term investments, however, and given too the reluctance of local, state, and federal governments to raise taxes, there is a pressing need to find the most cost-effective ways of improving student achievement.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Integrating Assessment with Learning: What Will It Take to Make It Work?
ISBN: 9781315086545
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.4324/9781315086545
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315086545
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10001162
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