Assessment FOR Learning in theory

1
Assessment FOR Learningin theory

• Assessment for Learning is the process of seeking
  and interpreting evidence for use by learners and
  their teachers to decide where the learners are
  in their learning, where they need to go and how
  best to get there.
• Assessment Reform Group 2002

2
10 Principles of Assessment FOR Learning

• Is part of effective planning
• Focuses on how children learn
•  
• Is central to classroom practice
•  
• Is a key professional skill
•  
• Is sensitive and constructive

• Fosters motivation
• Promotes understanding of goals and criteria
• Helps learners know how to improve
•  
• Develops the capacity for self-assessment 
• Recognises all educational achievement

3
Characteristics of Assessment FOR Learning

• Much recent research indicates that effective
  formative assessment is a key factor in raising
  pupils standards of achievement.
• Central to formative assessment, or assessment
  FOR learning is that it
• is embedded in the teaching and learning process
  of which it is an essential part
• shares learning goals with pupils
• helps pupils to know and to recognise the success
  criteria to aim for
• provides feedback which leads pupils to identify
  what they should do next to improve
• has a commitment that every pupil can improve
• involves both teacher and pupils reviewing and
  reflecting on pupils performance and progress
• involves pupils in being able to assess
  themselves
• involves adjusting teaching to take account of
  the results of assessment

4
How to find out if Assessment FOR Learning is
really helping learning

• by observing pupils - this includes listening to
  how they describe their work and their reasoning
  
• by questioning, using open questions, phrased to
  invite pupils to explore their ideas and
  reasoning
• by setting tasks in a way which requires pupils
  to use certain skills or apply ideas
• by asking pupils to communicate their thinking in
  a variety of different ways

5
(No Transcript)