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In the final chapter of this book, the Thinking the Unthinkable Assessment Capacity Framework is revisited and expanded with consideration for how it directs teacher learning and teacher education. The framework invites teachers to question: What am I thinking, feeling, and doing in assessment now? How did I get here? And what else is possible? Leveraging the framework across preservice and in-service teacher learning spaces encourages teachers to be active agents in the (re)construction and transformation of the social order that assessment reifies in schools and society, advancing new possibilities for assessment in classrooms. In this chapter, the framework is first presented, followed by a description of the interconnections between the foundational capacities—epistemic, embodied, ethical, and experiential. The chapter concludes with five essential ideas for making use of the framework within teacher education programmes, by individuals or groups of teachers and teacher educators, to envision new assessment futures that support the learning of all students in our schools.

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  1. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Christopher DeLuca

  2. Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia

    Jill Willis

  3. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Bronwen Cowie

  4. King’s College London, London, UK

    Christine Harrison

  5. Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Andrew Coombs

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DeLuca, C., Willis, J., Cowie, B., Harrison, C., Coombs, A., with Andrew Gibson. (2023). Learning to Assess. In: Learning to Assess. Teacher Education, Learning Innovation and Accountability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6199-3_8

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