Volume 7, Number 3
  December 2008

 
Editorial

Editorial: Plotting new courses in assessment
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David Whitehead
School of Education, University of Waikato
Yvonne Reed
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
pp. 1-3

Narratives

Winds of change in teachers' classroom assessment practice: A self-critical reflection on the teaching and learning of visual literacy in a rural eastern Cape High School
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Madeyandile Mbelani
Rhodes University
pp. 100-114

Teacher writing for professional learning: A narrative
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Nikki Aharonian
Faculty of Education, Monash University
Ofakim School, Kibbutz Merchavia, Israel
pp. 115-125

Topical Articles

Portfolio assessment: Making connections, guiding change
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Caryn King
College of Education Grand Valley State University
Nancy Patterson
College of Education, Grand Valley State University
pp. 4-9

Testing like you teach: The challenge of constructing local, ecologically valid tests
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David Whitehead
School of Education, University of Waikato
pp. 10-25

No rubric can describe the magic: Multimodal designs and assessment challenges in a postgraduate course for English teachers
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Yvonne Reed
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
pp. 26-41

Assessment as an “emotional practice”
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Carola Steinberg
School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
pp. 42-64

The end of testing and future possibilities: An examination of the demise of Sats in England and possible alternative assessments
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Bethan Marshall
Kings College, UK
pp. 65-73

Selecting texts for English Language Arts classrooms: When assessment is not enough
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Elizabeth Friese
University of Georgia
Donna Alvermann
College of Education, The University of Georgia
Adam Parkes
University of Georgia
Achariya Rezak
University of Georgia
pp. 74-99

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