Investigations into Assessment in Mathematics Education

Assessment in Mathematics Education and its Effects: an Introduction; M. Niss. The Chain and the Arrow: from the History of Mathematics Assessment; J. Kilpatrick. The Relationship between Assessment, Curriculum and Society; G. Howson. An International View of Mathematics Assessment -- Through a Glass, Darkly; J. Ridgway, D. Passey. Paradigms, Problems and Assessment: Some Ideological Implications; P. Galbraith. Epistemological Issues and Challenges to Assessment: What is Mathematical Knowledge? D. Wheeler. How One comes to Know: Models and Theories of the Learning of Mathematics; T.A. Romberg. What does to Assess mean? The Case of Assessing Mathematical Knowledge; A. Bodin. A Critical View of Assessment in Mathematics Education: Where is the Student as a Subject? S. Mellin-Olsen. Assessing Mathematical Thinking and Learning Potential in Primary Grade Children; H.P. Ginsburg, S.F. Jacobs, L.S. Lopez. Diagnostic Assessment in Arithmetic; B. Johansson. Challenges to the Improvement of Assessment Practice; J. Izard. Improving the Design and Balance of Mathematical Assessment; M. Swan. The Assessment of Performance Unit's Monitoring Surveys 1978-1987; D. Foxman. TIMSS: The Third International Mathematics and Science Study; D.F. Robitaille, J.S. Donn. The Validity of International Performance Comparisons; G. Hanna. Visualizing a Theory of the Assessment of Students' Knowledge of Mathematics; N.L. Webb. Index.