Curriculum and Assessment in English 11 to 19 ─ A Better Plan

This invaluable companion to those working in Secondary English, language and literacy education offers a wider perspective and informed pedagogical approach. Considering fundamental truths about how pupils speak, read and write English with confidence and control, it is split into ten parts covering all of the English curriculum, from secondary through to post 16. It describes how English can be taught most effectively and offers a clear, balanced and forceful critique of the current curriculum with its associated assessment arrangement, and proposes viable alternatives. This is an invaluable guide in both theory and practice for those studying and implementing the curriculum.

John Richmond has a breadth of experience as a classroom teacher, English advisor, as part of the National Writing Project and the Language in the National Curriculum Project and in schools television.

Andrew Burn is Professor of English, Media and Drama at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.?

Peter Dougill? is a senior visiting research fellow at the University of Sussex, UK.

Angela Goddard?is a chair of A-level English examiners at a national examination board, a professor of English Language, and a Higher Education National Teaching Fellow.

Mike Raleigh has been a Senior Regional Director of the National Strategies and an adviser to the Department for Education and to Ofsted.

Peter Traves?is an educational consultant, UK