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SUMMARY:How can assessment support learning? - Andrew Watts\, Consultant f
 or Cambridge Assessment
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CONTACT:Liz Ford
DESCRIPTION:What do people mean when they claim that summative assessment 
 ‘damages learning’? And what are the arguments of groups which champio
 n greater reliance on ‘Assessment for Learning’? Is it possible to say
  that some assessment regimes support learning better than others? And if 
 that is so\, is it mainly a matter of getting summative assessment over an
 d done with as quickly and painlessly as possible? Or is there more to say
  about the positive effect of examinations and external assessments on lea
 rning? \nCost: Free for University of Cambridge staff and students\, £30 
 for other participants
LOCATION:Cambridge Assessment\, 1 Hills Road\, Cambridge
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