Caroline V. Gipps is an international authority on educational assessment. Originally trained as a psychologist, Caroline worked as a primary school teacher and psychometrician before entering a career in educational research. She worked for a variety of organizations before joining the Institute of Education, University of London, where she spent 19 years as a researcher, Professor of Education and then Dean of Research. During this time Caroline was president of the British Educational Research Association, a member of the RAE panel for Education in 1996, a Nuffield Research Fellow, and holder of several ESRC awards. She moved to Kingston University in 1999 as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and to the University of Wolverhampton as Vice-Chancellor in 2005.

• Preface, Acknowledgments, Glossary, 1 Assessment paradigms, 2 Assessment and learning, 3 Impact of testing, 4 Validity and reliability, 5 Criterion-referenced assessment, 6 Performance assessment, 7 Teacher assessment and formative assessment, 8 Ethics and equity, 9 A framework for educational assessment, References, Index