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Reviews two books about educational assessment. `International Perspectives on Academic Assessment,' edited by Thomas Oakland and Ronald K. Hambleton; `Issues in Setting Standards: Establishing Comparabilities,' edited by Bill Boyle and Tom Christie.

Reviews the symposium report `Monitoring the Standards of Education: Papers in honor of John P. Keeves,' edited by Albert C. Tuijnman and T. Neville Postlewaite.

Reviews the book `Effective Assessment and the Improvement of Education: A tribute to Desmond Nuttall,' edited by Roger Murphy and Patricia Broadfoot.

Reviews the book `Academic Discourse, Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power,' by Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Claude Passeron, Monique de Saint Martin, Christian Baudelot and Guy Vincent and translated by Richard Teese.

Reviews several books on mathematics education and assessment. `Examining the Examinations: An International Comparison of Science and Mathematics Examinations for College Bound Students,' edited by E. D. Britton and S. A. Raizen; `Reform in School Mathematics and Authentic Assessment,' edited by T. A. Romberg; `Assessment and Realistic Mathematics Education,' by M. van den Heuvel-Panhuizen.

Reviews the book `Equity and Excellence in Educational Testing and Assessment,' by Michael T. Nettles and Arie L. Nettles.

The article reviews several books on education, including "Assessing National Achievement Levels in Education," by V. Greaney and T. Kellaghan, "How Assessment Supports Learning: Learning-Oriented Assessment in Action," by D. Carless, G. Joughin, and Ngar-Fun Liu, and "Unlocking Assessment: Understanding for Reflection and Application," edited by Sue Swaffield and David Abingdon.

The article reviews several books related to assessment in education including "Techniques for Monitoring the Comparability of Examination Standards," edited by Paul Newton, Jo-Anne Baird, Harvey Goldstein, Helen Patrick and Peter Tymms, "Assessment of Learning," by Wynne Harlen, and "An Introduction to Assessment," by Patricia Broadfoot.

The article reviews the book "Educational Measurement," 4th edition, edited by R. L. Brennan.

The article reviews the book "Washback in Language Testing: Research Context and Methods," edited by Liying Cheng, Yoshinori Watanabe and Andy Curtis.

The article reviews the books "Formative Assessment: Improving Learning in Secondary Classrooms," and "Towards Coherence Between Classroom Assessment and Accountability: The 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education," edited by Mark Wilson.

Reviews the books "Assessing Students' Written Work," by Catherine Haines and "Language Testing and Validation: An Evidence-Based Approach," by Cyril J. Weir.

Reviews the book "Developing Portfolios for Learning and Assessment: Processes and Principles," by Val Klenowski.

Reviews the books 'Comparing Standards: the report of the Politeia Education Commission,' edited by Sheila Lawlor and 'Educational Standards,' edited by Harvey Goldstein and Anthony Heath.

Reviews several books on assessment in education. 'Assessment in Action in the Primary School,' edited by Colin Conner; 'Using Assessment for School Improvement,' by Mary James; 'Fragile Evidence: A Critique of Reading Assessment,' by Sharon Murphy with Patrick Shannon, Peter Johnston and Jane Hansen.

Reviews the book `Assessment in Transition: Learning, Monitoring and Selection in International Perspectives,' edited by Angelita Little and Alison Wolf.

Reviews two books about learning edited by Gary D. Phye. `Handbook of Classroom Assessment: Learning, Adjustment and Achievement'; `Handbook of Academic Learning: Construction of Knowledge.'

Reviews two books on student assessment. `Assessment & Learning,' by Ted Wragg; `Testing: friend or foe? Theory and practice of assessment and Testing,' by Paul Black.

Reviews the book `Education, Assessment and Society,' by Patricia M. Broadfoot.

Reviews the book `Enhancing Quality in Assessment,' edited by Wynne Harlen.

Reviews the books `Degrees of Difference. Higher Education in the 1990s,' by Patrick Ainley, `Are Professors Professional? The Organisation of University Examinations,' by David Warren Piper, and `Assessment Issues in Higher Education,' by M.J. Atkins, J. Beattie, and W.B. Dockrell.

Reviews the book `Who Counts? Assessing mathematics in Europe,' edited by Leone Burton.

Reviews the book `Assessing Achievement in the Arts,' by M. Ross, H. Radnor, S. Mitchell and C. Bierton.

Reviews the book `Classroom Assessment,' by Peter W. Airasian.

Reviews the book `Secondary School Examinations: International Perspectives on Policies and Practice,' by M.A. Eckstein.

Reviews the book `Examinations Systems in Small States: Comparative Perspectives on Policies, Models and Operations,' edited by Mark Bray and Lucy Steward.

The article reviews the book "Measurement and Statistics for Teachers," by Malcolm van Blerkom.