Colin Conner is a lecturer in primary education at the University of Cambridge School of Education.

• Introduction Chapter 1 Assessment in the Primary School: A Review of Current Issues Chapter 2 Baseline Assessment: A Case for Civil Disobedience? Chapter 3 Out of the Mire: Taming the Beast that Had Become Assessment Chapter 4 The Role of Target Setting in School Improvement: An Illustration in the Context of the Leys Primary School Chapter 5 The Role of the LEA in Supporting Assessment in the Primary School Chapter 6 Baseline Assessment: Policy into Practice Chapter 7 Using Data to Drive Up Standards: Statistics or Psychology? Chapter 8 Do Pupil Perception Surveys Work with Young Children? Chapter 9 Value-added Assessment

Colin Conner is a lecturer in primary education at the University of Cambridge School of Education.

• Introduction Chapter 1 Assessment in the Primary School: A Review of Current Issues Chapter 2 Baseline Assessment: A Case for Civil Disobedience? Chapter 3 Out of the Mire: Taming the Beast that Had Become Assessment Chapter 4 The Role of Target Setting in School Improvement: An Illustration in the Context of the Leys Primary School Chapter 5 The Role of the LEA in Supporting Assessment in the Primary School Chapter 6 Baseline Assessment: Policy into Practice Chapter 7 Using Data to Drive Up Standards: Statistics or Psychology? Chapter 8 Do Pupil Perception Surveys Work with Young Children? Chapter 9 Value-added Assessment