ABSTRACT
The notion that profiles or records of achievement (between which this author makes no distinction) are new developments in education is no longer accurate. The processes of profiling, and the production of summative documents in the form of records of achievement have gone on, in certain schools, for some time, and the Department of Education and Science have been involved in this area since the early 1980s. This contribution will discuss some recent developments in the field of profiling and records of achievement, without claiming to analyse a ‘new’ phenomenon.
