136 pages
250 x 168 mm
ISBN-10: 0 948080 51 5
ISBN-13: 978 0 948080 51 7

Raising standards in education is of current concern - to politicians and parents as much as to teachers and educational managers - and assessment is a vital component of good teaching. This book explored whether statutory assessment might diminish the measured attainment of ethnic minority children and affect their school careers.
Curriculum policy makers and teacher educators will find insights here which should inform their planning and delivery of education. Parents and governors will be alerted to issues within their spheres of influence. Teachers will find a wealth of advice and accounts of good practice that can help raise the achievement of black and bilingual pupils and maximise their educational opportunity.
The editor and her contributors - Celia Burgess-Macey, Patsy Daniels, Martin Francis, Maggie Gravelle, Pauline Lyeseight-jones, Rehana Minhas, Updesh Porter and Elaine Sturman - are all educational practitioners who have wide experience in the management of education and assessment in the multi-ethnic classroom.