2. Assessment Neil Denby

3. What is assessment? What do you understand by the term ‘assessment’?

4. Why assess? Intended audiencePurpose PupilsEncouragement, progression Parents Teachers HoD Headteacher Governors Government Business/Industry

5. What does it mean to be good at your specialist subject? Write down your ideas Do you agree with others who teach your subject? Can we teach if we don’t know/agree on this? Do you agree with the NC levels for your subject? How do we find out if pupils are good at their specialist subject?

6. Definitions Summative assessment: This is assessment of learning Formative assessment: This is assessment for learning

7. Definitions Self-assessment Peer assessment Teacher assessment External assessment

8. Feedback To be useful to learners, assessment should lead to feedback Feedback can be: Oral Written Non-verbal

9. Assessment and feedback Describe different types of assessment and feedback you have experienced. What impact did this have?

10. Assessment for learning-key characteristics You are now going to watch a video sequence showing how formative assessment can be practised in the classroom The researchers are Paul Black and Christine Harrison of Inside the Black Box

11. Core reading Black, P. and William, D. (1998) Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment (London: King’s College London) Elwood, J. (2006) 'Formative assessment: Possibilities, boundaries and limitations’, Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 13(2): 215–32

12. Follow-up tasks Undertake a lesson observation What evidence of formative assessment can you observe? What evidence of its impact on pupil-learning can be observed?