Assessment and Learning Edited by John Gardner The only book of its kind to provide a comprehensive overview of assessment used to support learning. Assessment and Learning makes this area accessible and understandable for a wide range of users, and links it to the context in which it is most important: learning. A major source of practice-based theory on assessment for learning, an approach which supports individual development and motivates learners, the book covers key areas including: * The practice of learning for assessment in the classroom * developing motivation for learning * professional learning and assessment for learning * assessment and theories of learning The book's authors are all part of the internationally known Assessment Reform Group (ARG), which is influential in the field of assessment and inclusion policy. Assessment and Learning will prove a valuable resource for a wide variety of people involved in teaching, learning and assessment, whether as practitioners, researchers or policy-makers. John Gardner is Professor of Education in School of Education at Queen's University Belfast.