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Chapter 13: Assessment and feedback

• Q12 Know a range of approaches to assessment, including the importance of formative assessment.

• Q26
(a) Make effective use of a range of assessment, monitoring and recording strategies.

(b) Assess the learning needs of those they teach in order to set challenging learning objectives.

• Q27 Provide timely, accurate and constructive feedback on learners' attainment, progress and areas for development.
• Q28 Support and guide learners to reflect on their learning, identify the progress they have made and identify their emerging learning needs.

Slides

Slides giving a background to assessment and its types

Slides looking at summative assessment data and how it is used by schools

Key reading

A concise summary of the principles of Assessment for Learning: Assessment Reform Group (2002) Assessment for Learning: 10 principles to guide classroom practice.
Assessment Reform Group. http://www.assessment-reform-group.org.uk

An extensive review of the practice of Assessment for Learning:DfES (2004) Pedagogy and Practice: Unit 12: Assessment for Learning. London: DfES.

The content and assessment of the National Curriculum in most subjects, with examples of pupils' work at each level of the relevant Attainment Target:The National Curriculum in Action website. http://www.ncaction.org.uk/ (accessed 10/10/7)

American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3, 609-646 (1999) Mathematics Performance Assessment in the Classroom: Effects on Teacher Planning and Student Problem Solving Lynn S. Fuchs, Douglas Fuchs, Kathy Karns, Carol L. Hamlett and Michelle Katzaroff

Are assessors professional?: Student assessment and the professionalism of academics Colin Holroyd. Active Learning in Higher Education, Jul 2000; vol. 1: pp. 28 - 44

Websites

http://www.assessment-reform-group.org.uk

http://www.ncaction.org.uk/

Awarding Body websites where you can download external assessment specifications and supporting resources:

AQA - www.aqa.org.uk

Edexcel - www.edexcel.org.uk

OCR - www.ocr.org.uk

http://www.primaryprogresstoolkit.co.uk/