Centre for Assessment and Learning Studies

Centres

Publications

Selected publications.

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Jo-Anne Baird

  • Baird, J-A, Greatorex, J & Bell, JF. 'What makes marking reliable? Experiments with UK examinations', Assessment in Education, 11 (3), (pp. 331-348), 2007. ISSN: 1465-329X
  • Baird, J-A & Scharaschkin, A. 'Is the whole worth more than the sum of the parts? Studies of examiners' grading of individual papers and candidates' whole A-level examination performances', Educational Studies, 28 (2), (pp. 143-162), 2002. ISSN: 0034-5237
  • Pinot de Moira, A, Massey, C, Baird, J-A & Morrissy, M. 'Marking consistency over time', Research in Education, 67, (pp. 79-87), 2002. ISSN: 0034-5237
  • Baird, J-A. Alternative conceptions of comparability, 2007. Qualifications and Curriculum Authority: London.

Ruth Deakin-Crick

  • Deakin Crick, RE & Joldersma, CW. 'Habermas, lifelong learning and citizenship education', Studies in Philosophy and Education, 26 (2), (pp. 77-95), 2007. ISSN: 0039-3746
  • Deakin Crick, RE, Broadfoot, PM & Claxton, GL. 'Developing an Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory: the ELLI Project', Assessment in Education, 11 (3), (pp. 247-272), 2004. ISSN: 0969-594X
  • Deakin Crick, RE, McCombs, B, Haddon, A, Broadfoot, PM & Tew, MW. 'The ecology of learning: factors contributing to learner-centred classroom cultures', Research Papers in Education, 22 (3), (pp. 267-307), 2007. ISSN: 0267-1522
  • Deakin Crick, RE, Coates, MG, Taylor, M & Ritchie, S. A systematic review of the impact of citizenship education on the provision of schooling, 2004. http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=128.

Harvey Goldstein

  • Goldstein, H & Browne,W. 'Multilevel factor analysis models for continuous discrete data', in Olivares, A and McArdle, JJ (Eds.), Contemporary Psychometrics: a festschrift for Roderick P. McDonald, (pp. 453-475), Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005. ISBN: 0805846085 
  • Goldstein, H. 'International comparisons of student attainment: some issues arising from the PISA study', Assessment in Education, 11 (3), (pp. 319-330), 2004. ISSN: 0969-594X
  • Goldstein, H. 'Education for all: the globalization of learning targets', Comparative Education, 40 (1), (pp. 7-14), 2004. ISSN: 0305-0068
  • Goldstein, H & Noden, P. 'Modelling social segregation', Oxford Review of Education, 29 (2), (pp. 225-237), 2003. ISSN: 0305-4985

Richard Kiely

  • Kiely, RN & Rea-Dickins, PM. Program evaluation in language education, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. ISBN: 1403945705
  • Kiely, RN. 'Learning to critique in EAP', Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 3 (3), (pp. 211-227), 2004. ISSN: 1475-1585 
  • Kiely, RN. 'What works for you? A group discussion approach to programme evaluation', Studies in Educational Evaluation, 29 (4), (pp. 293-314), 2003. ISSN: 0191-491X
  • Kiely, RN. 'Classroom evaluation - values, interests and teacher development', Language Teaching Research, 5 (3), (pp. 241-261), 2001. ISSN: 1362-1688

Pauline Rea-Dickins

  • Rea-Dickins, PM. 'Currents and eddies in the discourse of assessment: a learning-focused interpretation', International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 16 (2), (pp. 163-188), 2006. ISSN: 0802-6106
  • Rea-Dickins, PM. 'Mirror, mirror on the wall: identifying processes of classroom assessment', Language Testing, 18 (4), (pp. 429-462), 2001. ISSN: 0265-5322
  • Rea-Dickins, PM. 'Learning or measuring? Exploring teacher decision-making in planning for classroom-based assessment', in Fotos, S and Nassaji, N (Eds.), Form-focused Instruction and Teacher Education: Studies in Honour of Rod Ellis, (pp. 193-210), Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780194422505
  • Leung, C & Rea-Dickins, PM. 'Teacher assessment as policy instrument: contradictions and capacities', Language Assessment Quarterly, 4 (1), (pp. 6-36), 2007. ISSN: 1543-4303

Sally Thomas

  • Thomas, SM, Peng, W-J & Gray, J. 'Modelling patterns of improvement over time: value added trends in English secondary school performance across ten cohorts', Oxford Review of Education, 33 (3), (pp. 261-295), 2007. ISSN: 0305-4985
  • Thomas, SM & Peng, W-J. 'The Use of Educational Standards and Benchmarks in Indicator Publications', European Educational Research Journal, 3 (1), (pp. 177-212), 2004. ISSN: 1474-9041
  • Scheerens, J, Glas, C & Thomas, SM. Educational Evaluation, Assessment and Monitoring: a Systemic Approach, Swets & Zeitlinger, 2003. ISBN: 9026519591
  • Thomas, SM. 'Dimensions of secondary school effectiveness: Comparative analyses across regions', School Effectiveness and School Improvement Journal, 12 (3), (pp. 285-322), 2001. ISSN: 0924-3453

Leon Tikly

  • Tikly, LP. 'Globalisation and education in the postcolonial world: towards a conceptual framework', Comparative Education, 37 (2), (pp. 151-171), 2001. ISSN: 0305-0068
  • Tikly, LP, Osler, A & Hill, J. 'The ethnic minority achievement grant: a critical analysis', Journal of Education Policy, 20 (3), (pp. 283-312), 2005. ISSN: 0268-0939
  • Tikly, LP. 'Governmentality and study of education policy in South Africa', Journal of Education Policy, 18 (2), (pp. 161-174), 2003. ISSN: 0268-0939
  • Tikly, LP. 'Education and the new imperialism', Comparative Education, 40 (2), (pp. 173-198), 2004. ISSN: 0305-0068

Jan Winter

  • Harlen, W & Winter, JC. 'The development of assessment for learning: learning from the case of science and mathematics', Language Testing, 21 (3), (pp. 390-408), 2004. ISSN: 0265-5322
  • Weeden, P, Winter, JC & Broadfoot, PM. Assessment: what's in it for schools?, RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. ISBN: 0415235928
  • Winter, JC. 'Personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues in teaching mathematics', in Gates, P (Ed.), Issues in Mathematics Teaching, (pp. 197-213), RoutledgeFalmer, 2001. ISBN: 041523865X
  • Winter, JC. 'Issues in national assessment of mathematics: The transition to higher level study', International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice, 2 (2), (pp. 175-186), 2001. ISSN: 1528-3534

Guoxing Yu

  • Yu, G. 'Students' voices in the evaluation of their written summaries: empowerment and democracy for test takers?', Language Testing, 24 (4), (pp. 539-572), 2007. ISSN: 0265-5322
  • Yu, G. Lexical diversity of MELAB speaking and writing performances, 5, 2007.
  • Rea-Dickins, PM, Kiely, RN & Yu, G. 'Student identity, learning and progression: the affective and academic impact of IELTS on 'successful' candidates', in McGovern, P and Walsh, S (Eds.), IELTS Research Reports Volume 7, (pp. 59-136), British Council and IELTS, 2007. ISBN: 9780977587520

CALS members are on the following journal editorial boards:

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