A: Issues and themes in assessment
1. The link between assessment and learning
2. Roles and purposes of assessment
3. The grading game: norm- and criterion-referenced assessment
4. Valid assessment
5. Assessing in flexible modes
6. Assessing with new technology
7. Assessing in diverse contexts
8. Assessing larger cohorts
9. Academic fraud and plagiarism
10. Maintaining standards in a consumer market
11. Accountability and the quality agenda: evaluative purposes of assessment
B: Assessing key learning outcomes
12. Communicating
13. Accessing and managing information
14. Demonstrating knowledge and understanding
15. Demonstrating procedures and techniques
16. Designing, creating, performing
17. Thinking critically and making judgements
18. Problem solving
19. Managing and developing oneself
C: Assessment in practice
20. Designing assessment tasks
21. Developing marking schemes
22. Communicating assessment tasks
23. Marking and grading
24. Evaluating assessment practices
25. Dealing with plagiarism.