We assess whether ethnic minority pupils are subject to low teacher expectations. We
exploit the English testing system of “quasi-blind” externally marked tests and “nonblind” …

The completion of the first ten years of this journal is an occasion for review and reflection.
The main issues that have been addressed over the ten years are summarized in four main …

This book looks at the foundations of school self-evaluation from a scientific as from a
practical perspective. Planning concepts, restructuring of education systems, organizational …

There is evidence that teacher judgements and assessments of primary school pupils can
be systematically biased. This paper tests the proposal that stereotyping plays a part in …

A recent analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) indicates a
White British–Black Caribbean achievement gap at age 14 which cannot be accounted for …

A historical perspective on performance assessment to help arm people" against
surrendering to the panaceas peddled by too many myth makers" is presented. The power of …

This paper summarizes the findings of a systematic review of research on the reliability and
validity of teachers' assessment used for summative purposes. In addition to the main …

This paper discusses fairness and equity in assessment of mathematics. The increased
importance of teachers' interpretative judgments of students' performance in highstakes …

Much statistical modelling of random effects on ordered responses, particularly of grades in
educational research, continues to use linear models and to treat the responses through …

This study addresses the effects of secondary schools and classes on language
achievement in Flanders, Belgium. The results of a three-level analysis (students within …