Professor Paul Black
Print versionSelected publications (since 1993)
Academic publications
Atkin, J.M. & Black, P. (2007)
'History of Science Curriculum Reform in the United States and the United Kingdom'
Handbook of Research on Science Education (eds S.K. Abell & N.G. Lederman), pp.781-806
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum
ISBN 978-8058-4713 - 0-8058-4713-8
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2004)
'Classroom Assessment is not (Necessarily) Formative Assessment (and Vice-Versa)'
Towards Coherence Between Classroom Assessment and Accountability - 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (ed. M. Wilson), pp.183-188
Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the NSSE
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2004)
'The Formative Purpose: Assessment must first promote learning'
Towards Coherence Between Classroom Assessment and Accountability - 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (ed. M. Wilson), pp.20-50
Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the NSSE
Black, P., Wiliam, D., Lee, C. & Harrison, C. (2004)
'Teachers developing assessment for learning: impact on student achievement'
Assessment in Education 11, (1), pp.49-65
Black, P. & Broadfoot, P. (2004)
'Redefining Assessment? The first ten years of Assessment in Education'
Assessment in Education 11, (1), pp.7-27
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2003)
'"In Praise of Educational Research": formative assessment'
British Educational Research Journal 29, (5), pp.623-37
ISSN 0141-1926
Black, P. (2003)
'Classroom Implications and the Formative-Summative Interface' (response to Mislevy, Steinberg and Almond: 'On the Structure of Educational Assessments)'
Measurement 1, (1), pp.66-69
Black, P. (2001)
'Dreams, Strategies and Systems: Portraits of Assessment Past, Present and Future'
Assessment in Education 8, (1), pp.65-85
Black, P. (2000)
'Research and the Development of Educational Assessment'
Oxford Review of Education 26, (3 & 4), pp.407-419
Black, P. (1998)
'An International Overview of Curricular Approaches and Models in Technology Education'
The Journal of Technology Studies XXIV, (1), pp.24-30
Black, P. (1998)
'Learning, League Tables and National Assessment: opportunity lost or hope deferred?'
Oxford Review of Education 24, (1), pp.57-68
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1998)
'Assessment and Classroom Learning'
Assessment in Education 5, (1), pp.7-74
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1996)
'Meanings and consequences: a basis for distinguishing formative and summative functions of assessment?'
British Educational Research Journal 22, (5), pp.537-548
Black, P. (1995)
'Curriculum and Assessment in Science Education: The Policy Interface'
International Journal of Science Education 17, (4), pp.453-469
Black, P. (1994)
'Performance Assessment and Accountability: the Experience in England and Wales'
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 16, (2), pp.191-203
Black, P. (1993)
'Formative and summative assessment by teachers'
Studies in Science Education 21, (1), pp.49-97
'History of Science Curriculum Reform in the United States and the United Kingdom'
Handbook of Research on Science Education (eds S.K. Abell & N.G. Lederman), pp.781-806
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum
ISBN 978-8058-4713 - 0-8058-4713-8
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2004)
'Classroom Assessment is not (Necessarily) Formative Assessment (and Vice-Versa)'
Towards Coherence Between Classroom Assessment and Accountability - 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (ed. M. Wilson), pp.183-188
Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the NSSE
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2004)
'The Formative Purpose: Assessment must first promote learning'
Towards Coherence Between Classroom Assessment and Accountability - 103rd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (ed. M. Wilson), pp.20-50
Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the NSSE
Black, P., Wiliam, D., Lee, C. & Harrison, C. (2004)
'Teachers developing assessment for learning: impact on student achievement'
Assessment in Education 11, (1), pp.49-65
Black, P. & Broadfoot, P. (2004)
'Redefining Assessment? The first ten years of Assessment in Education'
Assessment in Education 11, (1), pp.7-27
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2003)
'"In Praise of Educational Research": formative assessment'
British Educational Research Journal 29, (5), pp.623-37
ISSN 0141-1926
Black, P. (2003)
'Classroom Implications and the Formative-Summative Interface' (response to Mislevy, Steinberg and Almond: 'On the Structure of Educational Assessments)'
Measurement 1, (1), pp.66-69
Black, P. (2001)
'Dreams, Strategies and Systems: Portraits of Assessment Past, Present and Future'
Assessment in Education 8, (1), pp.65-85
Black, P. (2000)
'Research and the Development of Educational Assessment'
Oxford Review of Education 26, (3 & 4), pp.407-419
Black, P. (1998)
'An International Overview of Curricular Approaches and Models in Technology Education'
The Journal of Technology Studies XXIV, (1), pp.24-30
Black, P. (1998)
'Learning, League Tables and National Assessment: opportunity lost or hope deferred?'
Oxford Review of Education 24, (1), pp.57-68
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1998)
'Assessment and Classroom Learning'
Assessment in Education 5, (1), pp.7-74
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1996)
'Meanings and consequences: a basis for distinguishing formative and summative functions of assessment?'
British Educational Research Journal 22, (5), pp.537-548
Black, P. (1995)
'Curriculum and Assessment in Science Education: The Policy Interface'
International Journal of Science Education 17, (4), pp.453-469
Black, P. (1994)
'Performance Assessment and Accountability: the Experience in England and Wales'
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 16, (2), pp.191-203
Black, P. (1993)
'Formative and summative assessment by teachers'
Studies in Science Education 21, (1), pp.49-97
Books, reports and articles in professional journals
Black, P. & Jones, J. (2006)
'Formative assessment and the learning and teaching of MFL: sharing the language learning road map with learners'
Language Learning Journal 34, pp.4-9
Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Wiliam, D. (2004)
'Working inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the classroom'
Phi Delta Kappan 86, (1), pp.8-21
Four contributions in Research on Physics Education: Proceedings of the international school of physics "Enrico Fermi" Course CLVI (eds E.F. Redish & M. Vicentini), Amsterdam: IOS press (ISBN 1-58603-425-1):
Black, P. & Harrison, C. (2004)
Science inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the science classroom
London: nferNelson (ISBN 0-7087-1444-7)
Black, P., Harrison, C., Osborne, J. & Duschl, R. (2004)
Assessment of Science Learning 14-19
London: Royal Society. (ISBN 0-85403-598-2)
Available at: www.royalsoc.ac.uk/education
Black, P. (2003)
'Testing, testing: listening to the past and looking to the future'
School Science Review 85, (211), pp.69-77
Black, P. (2003)
'Testing times: the role of assessment for learning'
Curriculum Briefing Vol.2, No.1, pp.3-8
(ISSN 1477-7975)
Black, P. (2003)
'The Importance of Everyday Assessment'
Everyday Assessment in the Classroom (eds J.M. Atkin & J.E. Coffey), Chapter 1, pp.1-12
Arlington, Virginia: National Science Teachers Association Press (ISBN 0-87355-217-2)
Black, P. & Atkin, J.M (2003)
Inside Science Education Reform
New York: Teachers College Press; Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Wiliam, D (2003)
Assessment for Learning: putting it into practice
Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P. & Wiliam, D.(2002)
'The development of formative assessment'
International Handbook of Educatioinal Leadership and Management (eds B. Davis & J. West-Burnham)
London: Pearson
Black, P., Allen, A. & Wallin, W. (2002)
An evaluation report on the LUMA programme prepared for the Ministry of Education
Helsinki: Ministry of Education, Finland
Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Dylan, W. (2002)
Working inside the black box: assessment for learning in the classroom
London: nfer Nelson
(See also Phi Delta Kappan, 2004)
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2002)
Standards in Public Examinations
London : King's College
Black, P. (2001)
'Report to the Qualifications Development Group of the Ministry of Education, New Zealand on proposal for the development of the New Zealand Certificate of Educational Achievement'
Documents on the context, and a Ministry comment on the report, are available at http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index_page.cfm?id=1007
Black, P. (2001)
'Formative Assessment and Curriculum Consequences'
Curriculum and Assessment (ed. D.Scott), pp.7-23
Westport CT: Ablex Publishing
Black, P., Atkin, J.M. & Coffey, J. (eds) (2001)
Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards
Washington DC: National Academy Press
Black, P. & Harrison, C. (2001)
'Self- and peer-assessment and taking responsibility: the science student's role in formative assessment'
School Science Review 83, (302), pp.43-49
Black, P. & Harrison, C. (2001)
'Feedback in questioning and marking: the science teacher's role in formative assessment'
School Science Review 82, (301), pp.55-61
Black, P. (2001)
'Ideology, evidence and the raising of standards'
Becoming a Teacher: Issues in Secondary Teaching, 2nd ed. (eds J. Dillon, J. & M. Maguire), Chapter 3, pp.25-36
Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P. & Harrison, C. (2000)
'Formative Assessment'
Good Practice in Science Teaching (eds M. Monk & J. Osborne), pp.25-40
Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P., Drake, G. & Jossem, L. (eds) (2000)
Physics 2000: as it enters a new Millennium
A compendium of reviews by leading physicists in the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Paris: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Black, P. (2000)
'Policy, practice and research: the case of testing and assessment'
Improving Science Education: the contribution of research (eds R. Millar, J. Leach, & J. Osborne), pp.327-346
Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P. (1999)
'Assessment, Learning Theories and Testing Systems'
Learners, Learning and Assessment: OU Reader (ed. P. Murphy), Chapter 8, pp.118-134
London: Paul Chapman
Black, P. & Michel, A. (eds) (1998)
'Learning from Pupil Assessment: International comparisons'
Centre for the Study of Evaluation Monograph Series No. 12
Los Angeles CA: University of California Los Angeles
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1998)
Inside the Black Box: Raising standards through classroom assessment
London: nfer Nelson
Also published in PhiDelta Kappan 80, (2), pp.139-148
And in Italian: 'Dentro la Scatola Nera: elevare gli standard usando la verifica in classe'; La Fisica Nella Scuola Anno XXIV, n.3, pp.124-133
Black, P. (1998)
'Testing: Friend or Foe? Theory and Practice of Assessment and Testing'
Master Classes in Education Series
London: Falmer Press
Black, P. (1997)
'Whatever Happened to TGAT?'
Assessment vs Evaluation (ed. C. Cullingford), pp.24-50
London: Cassell
Black, P. & Atkin, M. (joint eds and one of a team of authors) (1996)
Changing the Subject; Innovations in science, mathematics and technology education
Routledge: London
Black, P., Fairbrother, R. & Gill, P. (eds) (1995)
Teachers Assessing Pupils: Lessons from Science Classrooms
Hatfield UK: Association for Science Education
'Formative assessment and the learning and teaching of MFL: sharing the language learning road map with learners'
Language Learning Journal 34, pp.4-9
Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Wiliam, D. (2004)
'Working inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the classroom'
Phi Delta Kappan 86, (1), pp.8-21
Four contributions in Research on Physics Education: Proceedings of the international school of physics "Enrico Fermi" Course CLVI (eds E.F. Redish & M. Vicentini), Amsterdam: IOS press (ISBN 1-58603-425-1):
- Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2004)
'Reviewing research into classroom formative assessment', pp.79-89 - Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Wiliam, D. (2004)
'Research into practice: Formative assessment for learning', pp.91-102 - Black, P. (2004)
'Testing quality and testing systems', pp.103-115 - Black, P. (2004)
'Round table summary', pp.643-644
Black, P. & Harrison, C. (2004)
Science inside the black box: Assessment for learning in the science classroom
London: nferNelson (ISBN 0-7087-1444-7)
Black, P., Harrison, C., Osborne, J. & Duschl, R. (2004)
Assessment of Science Learning 14-19
London: Royal Society. (ISBN 0-85403-598-2)
Available at: www.royalsoc.ac.uk/education
Black, P. (2003)
'Testing, testing: listening to the past and looking to the future'
School Science Review 85, (211), pp.69-77
Black, P. (2003)
'Testing times: the role of assessment for learning'
Curriculum Briefing Vol.2, No.1, pp.3-8
(ISSN 1477-7975)
Black, P. (2003)
'The Importance of Everyday Assessment'
Everyday Assessment in the Classroom (eds J.M. Atkin & J.E. Coffey), Chapter 1, pp.1-12
Arlington, Virginia: National Science Teachers Association Press (ISBN 0-87355-217-2)
Black, P. & Atkin, J.M (2003)
Inside Science Education Reform
New York: Teachers College Press; Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Wiliam, D (2003)
Assessment for Learning: putting it into practice
Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P. & Wiliam, D.(2002)
'The development of formative assessment'
International Handbook of Educatioinal Leadership and Management (eds B. Davis & J. West-Burnham)
London: Pearson
Black, P., Allen, A. & Wallin, W. (2002)
An evaluation report on the LUMA programme prepared for the Ministry of Education
Helsinki: Ministry of Education, Finland
Black, P., Harrison, C., Lee, C., Marshall, B. & Dylan, W. (2002)
Working inside the black box: assessment for learning in the classroom
London: nfer Nelson
(See also Phi Delta Kappan, 2004)
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (2002)
Standards in Public Examinations
London : King's College
Black, P. (2001)
'Report to the Qualifications Development Group of the Ministry of Education, New Zealand on proposal for the development of the New Zealand Certificate of Educational Achievement'
Documents on the context, and a Ministry comment on the report, are available at http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index_page.cfm?id=1007
Black, P. (2001)
'Formative Assessment and Curriculum Consequences'
Curriculum and Assessment (ed. D.Scott), pp.7-23
Westport CT: Ablex Publishing
Black, P., Atkin, J.M. & Coffey, J. (eds) (2001)
Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards
Washington DC: National Academy Press
Black, P. & Harrison, C. (2001)
'Self- and peer-assessment and taking responsibility: the science student's role in formative assessment'
School Science Review 83, (302), pp.43-49
Black, P. & Harrison, C. (2001)
'Feedback in questioning and marking: the science teacher's role in formative assessment'
School Science Review 82, (301), pp.55-61
Black, P. (2001)
'Ideology, evidence and the raising of standards'
Becoming a Teacher: Issues in Secondary Teaching, 2nd ed. (eds J. Dillon, J. & M. Maguire), Chapter 3, pp.25-36
Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P. & Harrison, C. (2000)
'Formative Assessment'
Good Practice in Science Teaching (eds M. Monk & J. Osborne), pp.25-40
Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P., Drake, G. & Jossem, L. (eds) (2000)
Physics 2000: as it enters a new Millennium
A compendium of reviews by leading physicists in the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Paris: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Black, P. (2000)
'Policy, practice and research: the case of testing and assessment'
Improving Science Education: the contribution of research (eds R. Millar, J. Leach, & J. Osborne), pp.327-346
Buckingham: Open University Press
Black, P. (1999)
'Assessment, Learning Theories and Testing Systems'
Learners, Learning and Assessment: OU Reader (ed. P. Murphy), Chapter 8, pp.118-134
London: Paul Chapman
Black, P. & Michel, A. (eds) (1998)
'Learning from Pupil Assessment: International comparisons'
Centre for the Study of Evaluation Monograph Series No. 12
Los Angeles CA: University of California Los Angeles
Black, P. & Wiliam, D. (1998)
Inside the Black Box: Raising standards through classroom assessment
London: nfer Nelson
Also published in PhiDelta Kappan 80, (2), pp.139-148
And in Italian: 'Dentro la Scatola Nera: elevare gli standard usando la verifica in classe'; La Fisica Nella Scuola Anno XXIV, n.3, pp.124-133
Black, P. (1998)
'Testing: Friend or Foe? Theory and Practice of Assessment and Testing'
Master Classes in Education Series
London: Falmer Press
Black, P. (1997)
'Whatever Happened to TGAT?'
Assessment vs Evaluation (ed. C. Cullingford), pp.24-50
London: Cassell
Black, P. & Atkin, M. (joint eds and one of a team of authors) (1996)
Changing the Subject; Innovations in science, mathematics and technology education
Routledge: London
Black, P., Fairbrother, R. & Gill, P. (eds) (1995)
Teachers Assessing Pupils: Lessons from Science Classrooms
Hatfield UK: Association for Science Education
