Leadership of Assessment, Inclusion, and Learning

About the Editors.- About the Contributors.- 1. Reconceptualising Instructional Leadership: Exploring the Relationships between Leadership, Instructional Design, Assessment, and Student Needs; Shelleyann Scott.- PART 1: Pragmatics of Assessment Leadership - What Leaders Need to Know About Assessment.- 2. Educational Renovations: Nailing Down Terminology in Assessment; Michelle McKean and E. Nola Aitken.- 3. Assessment and Cooperative Learning: The Missing Think; Barrie Bennett.- PART 2. Pragmatics of Assessment Leadership in the Disciplines.- 4. Rubrics and Exemplars in Writing Assessment; Johanna de Leeuw.- 5. Arts-inspired Performance Assessment Considerations for Educational Leaders; Matthew J. Meyer.- 6. Assessment for Learning in a Math Classroom; Sharon Friesen.- 7. Supporting Optimal Student Assessment Practices in Science as a Core Subject Area; Ann Sherman and Leo MacDonald.- PART 3: Pragmatics of Assessment Leadership for Inclusion.- 8. Effective Leadership for Inclusionary Practice: Assessment Considerations for Cognitively Challenged Students; Elaine Fournier, Shelleyann Scott, and Donald E. Scott.- 9. Assessing Bilingual and Multilingual Learners in Mainstream Classrooms; Sylvie Roy.- 10. Leading Assessment for Gifted and Talented Students: The Pursuit of Mediocrity of Excellence?; Shelleyann Scott, Donald E. Scott, and Leanne Longmire.- 11. Fairer Assessment for Indigenous Students: An Australian Perspective; Val Klenowski.- 12. Challenges, Tensions and Possibilities: An Analysis of Assessment Policy and Practice in New Zealand; Bronwen Cowie and Dawn Penney.- 13. First Nations Assessment Issues; David F. Philpott.- 14. Assessment Practices and Aboriginal Students; Jacqueline Ottmann and Joan Jeary.- Index.