A: Issues and themes in assessment -- 1. The link between assessment and learning -- 2. Roles and purposes of assessment -- 3. The grading game: norm- and criterion-referenced assessment -- 4. Valid assessment -- 5. Assessing in flexible modes -- 6. Assessing with new technology -- 7. Assessing in diverse contexts -- 8. Assessing larger cohorts -- 9. Academic fraud and plagiarism -- 10. Maintaining standards in a consumer market -- 11. Accountability and the quality agenda: evaluative purposes of assessment -- B: Assessing key learning outcomes -- 12. Communicating -- 13. Accessing and managing information -- 14. Demonstrating knowledge and understanding -- 15. Demonstrating procedures and techniques -- 16. Designing, creating, performing -- 17. Thinking critically and making judgements -- 18. Problem solving -- 19. Managing and developing oneself -- C: Assessment in practice -- 20. Designing assessment tasks -- 21. Developing marking schemes -- 22. Communicating assessment tasks -- 23. Marking and grading -- 24. Evaluating assessment practices -- 25. Dealing with plagiarism.