Expansion of the booklets: Inside the black box and Working Inside the black Box by the same authors

Introduction: Why study this book? -- The source of the ideas -- How teachers developed the ideas with us -- Putting the ideas into practice -- Looking at practice more deeply -- Changing yourself -- Management and support -- The end--and a beginning

Assessment for Learning is based on a two-year project involving thirty-six teachers in schools in Medway and Oxfordshire. After a brief review of the research background and of the project itself, successive chapters describe the specific practices which teachers found fruitful and the underlying ideas about learning that these developments illustrate. Later chapters discuss the problems that teachers encountered when implementing the new practices in their classroom and give guidance for school management and LEAs about promoting and supporting the changes. --from publisher description