| Abstract: | Comprehensive student profiling is described as an alternative to exclusively teacher-controlled, academic subject focused records of students' progress. Features of profiling that are highlighted include its multidimensionality, participatory nature, and formative and summative functions. The rationale for adopting comprehensive student profiling rather than relying only on discrete, norm-referenced performance evaluations is discussed with reference to the historical innovation and eventual nation-wide adoption of profiling in British schools and the developmental objectives of the pastoral care movement in Singapore schools. |
