1. “The Practical Assessment Carousel”
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Ben Turner
NQT Drama
Sale High School
“The Practical Assessment Carousel”

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DATA!
What they don’t teach you on your PGCE…

3. For every child you teach, you have to assess them every half-term.
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For every child you teach, you have to assess them every half-term.
For every assessment, you have to enter, submit and analyse data.
When you teach 19 classes of 30 students, that is a MUCH harder task than it sounds.
That’s approximately 570 assessments. Every six weeks.

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570!!

5. ADMIN. NIGHTMARE. Add to that:
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Add to that:
keeping track of all the homeworks you set;
ensuring you include literacy / numeracy / oracy tasks;
differentiating for a whole host of students with different learning needs;
trying to keep track of where everyone is within the schemes in order to be able to assess them all in time;
JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER EVERYBODY’S NAME!
ADMIN. NIGHTMARE.

6. How can you stay on top of 570 students’:
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In the penultimate week of every half-term, I have to run nineteen assessments back-to-back.
How can you stay on top of 570 students’:
Grades
DIRT marking
Self-assessment
Peer-assessment
Recording their work
Providing the technical provision they need (lights, sound etc.)

7. The Practical Assessment Carousel!
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Answer?
The Practical Assessment Carousel!

8. I can’t do everything… so the students are going to do it for me!
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I can’t do everything… so the students are going to do it for me!

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Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4 Me
Group 5

10. Performance EBIs WWWs Tech Me – LOOK! ALL I HAVE TO DO IS MARK!!!!
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Performance
WWWs
EBIs
Recording feedback
Me –
LOOK!
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS MARK!!!!
Tech

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Group 5
Group 3
Group 2
Group 1 Me
And… rotate!
Group 4

12. So in one 60 minute lesson they have: Performed; Been assessed;
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The students then get given their grades, time to reflect / DIRT mark and the opportunity to grade themselves in relation to my grade on a pre-prepared sheet.
So in one 60 minute lesson they have:
Performed;
Been assessed;
Received peer feedback;
Recorded it;
Received their grade;
DIRT marked / reflected;
Self-assessed.

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Boom!