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...Without Proper Attribution to as a Source , Educational Assessment and Ethics Written for by May Hall 12/98 Gerald Haigh, in his article "Assess with Authority" (Times Educational Supplement, November 7, 1997), stated that "`assessment should inform planning.' If it doesn't, if the results of assessment are not clear enough to affect the teacher's decisions about what to do next, then the exercise is pointless" (p. B16). In recent years, the focus on school reform has also led to a new perspectives on the significance of educational assessment, and a number of theorists and educators have speculated that assessment was, is and will continue to be a fundamental underpinning of the reform process. In order to understand the benefits that can be attained from the assessment process, Haigh would argue that assessment must be integrated into a process in which goals and outcomes inform teaching decisions and reshape teaching techniques. Educational assessment not only provides educators with a tool for evaluating individual student performance and the attainment of goals and outcomes, but...