Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why assessment is changing / Graham Gibbs -- How assessment frames student learning / Graham Gibbs -- Evaluating new priorities for assessment in HE / Roger Murphy -- Accessible and adaptable elements of Alverno student assessment-as-learning : strategies and challenges for peer review / Marcia Mentowski -- Rethinking technology supported assessment practices in relation to the seven principles of good feedback practice / David Nicol -- Evaluating written feedback / Evelyn Brown and Chris Glover -- Using formative assessment to improve student learning through critical reflection / Alan Robinson and Mark Udall -- Enhancing understanding of assessment criteria / Margaret Price and Berry O'Dovovan -- Using core assessment criteria to improve essay writing / Katherine Harrington, Lin Norton, James Elander, Jo Lusher, Olaojo Aiyegbayo, Edd Pitt, Hannah Robinson, and Peter Reddy -- Online instantaneous and targeted feedback for remote learners / Shelagh Ross, Sally Jordan, and Philip Butcher -- Improving student experience through making assessments "flow" / Lesley Lawrence and Sean Gammon -- Confidence-based marking : towards deeper learning & better exams / Tony Gardner-Medwin -- Developing group learning through assessment / Cordelia Bryan -- Supporting diverse students : developing learner autonomy via assessment / Kay Sambell, Liz McDowell, and Alistair Sambell -- Identifying themes for staff development : the essential part of PDP innovation / Sue Williams and Sheila Ryan -- Assessing learning outcomes in a PBL curriculum for a professional training programme / Jim Wood, Christine Curle, Catherine Haslam, and Jacqui Stedmon -- ePortfolios : supporting assessment in complex educational environments / Simon Cotterill, Geoff Hammond, and Philip Bradley -- Assessment to support developments in inter-professional learning / Sue Morison and Mairead Boohan -- Academic professionalism? : the need for change / Lewis Elton -- Reflections : rationales and realities / Karen Clegg and Cordelia Bryan.