Kate Jones's Feedback is an invaluable resource for anyone who has felt swamped by the deluge of marking that often comes with being a teacher. If you've ever been told to use a verbal feedback stamp, you need to read this. If you've ever been directed to write lengthy 'What Went Well' comments and 'Even Better If' targets, you need to read this. Jones, with expert precision, challenges poor proxies of feedback and learning, while simultaneously offering solutions, ideas and evidence-informed approaches that can be used for progress and impact. As an English teacher who has often felt defeated by the job ahead of me when it comes to feeding back to students, Jones's manual is an enlightening and reassuring read: the unachievable suddenly seems doable. This carefully approached and balanced account of assessment and feedback helps to clarify the intricacies of a challenging process. I expect Feedback to reignite the conversation around assessment and feedback, forcing teachers not only to think about what we're assessing but, more importantly, why we're assessing and what we hope to achieve by providing the feedback we do. The problems with feedback and assessment are perpetually encountered by teachers.

Feedback is a must-read, helping time-constrained teachers, regardless of phase or subject specialism, to face these issues head on.