Understand the purpose and characteristics of assessment for learning
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Assessment for Learning (AfL)' by the Association for Achievement and Improvement through Assessment
- 'Working Together: Teaching Assistants and Assessment for Learning' on the STEM Learning website.
- 'Teaching Assistant's pocketbook' by Dot Constable, published by Teachers' Pocketbooks
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- View the video to the right, which was produced by Teachers’ TV. The 4 minute video is about formative assessment and how it is used to raise standards in teaching and learning.Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What can you learn from watching the video?
- View the video to the right, which was produced by Teachers’ TV. The 4 minute video is about formative assessment and how it is used to raise standards in teaching and learning.Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What can you learn from watching the video?
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- 'A Guide to Assessment: Tools and support for primary schools in England' written by Stephen Anwyll and James Clements. Although this is aimed at teachers, it is still relevant for supporting teaching and learning.
- Click to read ’Personalised Learning - A Practical Guide’. Look particularly at the diagram on page 7 ‘The pedagogy of personalised learning’. Consider how you contribute to each of the nine areas identified in the diagram.
- Investigate the Teachers’ TV website section on Assessment. Choose the age range most appropriate to your setting, by clicking on the icons below:
- Primary
- Secondary
- Click to read 'The role of teachers in the assessment of learning' by the Assessment Reform Group, supported by The Nuffield Foundation.
- Think And Challenge
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