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Be able to observe and report on learner participation and progress

Watch this video, which was produced by Teachers TV. The 15 minute video follows four TAs at work in the classroom. Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What can you learn from watching the video?

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Find and read ‘How to make observations and assessments’ by Jackie Harding and Liz Meldon Smith, published by Hodder (2nd edition).N.B. You should be able to find a copy at your local library service.
This document from Warminster school gives an example of one setting’s ‘Assessment recording and reporting policy’. Read this document and compare it to the policies of your own setting.
Observe a pupil during a learning activity.
Click to visit the Department for Education's website about testing and assessment.
The Standards and testing agency has produced this document ‘The engagement model’ about using the engagement model to assess pupils who are working below the standard of the national curriculum assessments and not engaged in subject-specific study at key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2).

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