Rethinking assessment in higher education: learning for the longer term

Introduction : assessment for the longer term / David Boud and Nancy Falchikov

Reframing assessment as if learning were important / David Boud

Assessment in higher education : an impossible mission? / Ronald Barnett

Learning assessment : students' experiences in post-school qualifications / Kathryn Ecclestone

Contradictions of assessment for learning in institutions of higher learning / Steiner Kvale

Grading, classifying and future learning / Peter Knight

Assessment engineering : breaking down barriers between teaching and learning, and assessment / Filip Dochy [and others]

Towards more sustainable feedback to students / Dai Hounsell

Conceptions of self-assessment : what is needed for long-term learning? / Kelvin Tan

Place of peers in learning and assessment / Nancy Falchikov

Assessment and emotion : the impact of being assessed / Nancy Falchikov and David Boud

Writing about practice for future learning / Peter Kandlbinder

Contribution of sustainable assessment to teachers' continuing professional development / Margaret Kirkwood

Developing assessment for informing judgement / David Boud and Nancy Falchikov.