Cover Page -- Assessment for learning -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The authors -- 1 Introduction: Why study this book? -- What is proposed? -- Why take formative assessment seriously? -- How this book tells its story -- 2 The source of the ideas -- Introduction -- The research evidence -- Current practice -- Planning further work -- 3 How teachers developed the ideas with us -- The starting point -- The schools and teachers involved -- The way it went -- Qualitative data -- Quantitative data -- 4 Putting the ideas into practice -- Four types of action -- Questioning -- Feedback by marking -- Peer- and self-assessment -- The formative use of summative tests -- Implications -- 5 Looking at practice more deeply -- Subject knowledge and learning needs -- Differences between subjects -- Attitudes and beliefs -- Research into learning -- 6 Changing yourself -- Stories of teacher change -- Changes in the teacher's role -- Changes in the role of students -- Risks and rewards -- 7 Management and support -- Marginal or revolutionary? -- Innovation for the whole school -- A strategy for change -- Leadership, stimulus and support -- 8 The end - and a beginning -- Risky journeys -- Research into practice -- Deeper implications -- Developing the formative concept -- Achieving impact -- Glossary of terms and acronyms -- References -- Index.