ABSTRACT
This chapter helps the reader to consider the nature of assessment within the secondary school, and also its centrality to the entire process of learning and teaching. Without a knowledge of where the pupils are beginning and what they are trying to achieve, it is impossible to help them make progress. If teachers of RE are to prepare their pupils for more than a pub quiz, or to pass public examinations, it is imperative that they focus on knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes to enable them to meet the aims of good RE. This chapter explores these in terms of:
