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Product Description Practical Planning and Assessment applies the viewpoint that assessment is as an integral part of curriculum, pedagogy and student learning, by demonstrating how assessment can be used to aid, support and enable learning. Relevant and readily applicable examples and classroom scenarioshighlight the major topics of the text: assessment principles, practices, issues and futures.The text addresses current issues in the teaching and study of assessment planning by following a format that could be used to design a course on assessment for any phase of learning. The currency of the book is demonstrated with particular focus on topics that have become of interest in recentyears: engaging with new technologies, using data to plan curriculum and assessment, the national curriculum and sustainable approaches to assessment as well as structuring a practical approach to assessment at the level of the professional classroom teacher. About the Author Kylie Readman, Director, Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching, University of the Sunshine Coast,William Allen, Senior Lecturer, University of the Sunshine CoastKylie Readman is Director, Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching, University of the Sunshine Coast. Kylie Readman is a national ALTC award winner in the area of assessment practice and is also the recipient of the 2010 Vice Chancellor's Medal for Learning and Teaching at theUniversity of the Sunshine Coast.William Allen is Senior Lecturer, School of Science, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast. He is involved in teacher education in the Graduate Diploma and Undergraduate programs, and in the professional development of practitioners in post-graduate programs at GraduateCertificate and Master's levels.