Table of Contents

Introduction: Refocusing Assessment.- Assessment, Learning and Judgement in Higher Education: A Critical Review.- How Can Practice Reshape Assessment?.- Transforming Holistic Assessment and Grading into a Vehicle for Complex Learning.- Faulty Signals? Inadequacies of Grading Systems and a Possible Response.- The Edumetric Quality of New Modes of Assessment: Some Issues and Prospects.- Plagiarism as a Threat to Learning: An Educational Response.- Using Assessment Results to Inform Teaching Practice and Promote Lasting Learning.- Instrumental or Sustainable Learning? The Impact of Learning Cultures on Formative Assessment in Vocational Education.- Collaborative and Systemic Assessment of Student Learning: From Principles to Practice.- Changing Assessment in Higher Education: A Model in Support of Institution-Wide Improvement.- Assessment, Learning and Judgement: Emerging Directions.