1. CIEA Insight is a key support for CIEA members. Through Insight you can tap into a range of materials in one place that can: help you develop your own knowledge and skills in specific areas of assessment help you develop your team’s knowledge and skills give you access to info that we hope you will find stimulating and informative. Feeding Back after Assessment

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3. Feeding Back after Assessment Formative

4. Communicating the results of asessment Feeding Back after Assessment To CentresTo Learners Internal or External assessment How results are determined and evaluated Be prepared to give feedback - have procedures in place that allow this

5. Handling Data Turning complex data into meaningful feedback It can seem like there is too much data to analyse Feeding Back after Assessment Exam resultsNational Curriculum Tests Internal assessments Progress testsEnd of year tests Vocational assessments There are powerful tools in standard software packages that will allow you to dig deeper into what data from assessments like these can mean

6. Identify appropriate and valid data, and methods for their provision, for evaluating learners’ progress and for informing and setting future learning goals. Questions to ask: what is appropriate and valid data? where does this come from? how can data help to evaluate progress? how can data be used to set future learning goals? Feeding Back after Assessment

7. Guide learners in evaluating progress towards their current learning goals and in setting future learning goals Results of assessment - what do they point to? Use assessment results to set learning goals that are realistic and achievable Clear focus on key areas Do not produce a lengthy wish list Consider the positive effect on learners of a few clear goals Consider the negative effects of too many goals Feeding Back after Assessment

8. Guide learners in evaluating progress towards their current learning goals and in setting future learning goals You might find using a document like the one below can help to link assessment performance to future goals Feeding Back after Assessment Area for improvement Specific improvement needed Evidence of improvement being achieved

9. Feeding Back after Assessment Apply appropriate techniques to communicate assessment results to learners, explaining how results were determined and evaluated. Method of feedbackBenefitsRisks Face to facePersonal, engagingTime consuming - relies heavily on interpersonal skills Brief comments on the assessment material itself Direct - clear focusLikely to be in mark scheme style language Written reportDetailed - can indicate definite areas for improvement Difficult to produce many such reports - might all end up saying the same things

10. Feeding Back after Assessment Written Feedback Remember the purpose of the feedback - to inform learners and others of progress and to suggest ways of improvement Remember the audience - and the likely effect of feedback on the audience Appropriate tone of voice is vital

11. Feeding Back after Assessment Possible audiences for feedback Learners Parents Fellow assessors Managers General public National Press Your feedback might well go out to a wider audience than you intended Think of the impact on the audiences opposite of the kinds of comments you might make

12. Feeding Back after Assessment Avoid telephone feedback So much depends on tone of voice and eye contact when giving proper constructive feedback The telephone can distort the meaning of what you are saying leading to misinterpretation Keep feedback : written or face to face

13. Feeding Back after Assessment Providing feedback to assessment teams This can apply to external testing such as GCSE or A’ level examinations It can apply equally well to assessment teams within a centre

14. Feeding Back after Assessment Providing feedback to assessment teams Be supportive!!! Even if it is 10.00 at night What seem little problems to a senior assessor can be real headaches for the less experienced There are ways to break bad news

15. Feeding Back after Assessment Providing feedback to assessment teams - Types of things to say “Your marking of the short answers was generally in line with the Mark Scheme but … “You are a little generous with the essay marking …” “Yes I know. Question 4 is producing some unusual responses …” “It is good that you are making comments but you need to remember to tie these closely to the mark scheme…”

16. Feeding Back after Assessment Whilst the role of assessment remains very important in school, college and workplace education and training, we should all remember that assessment is not an end in itself. Keep a sensible balance between teaching / training and the various forms of assessment. The IEA hopes to engage members in wide ranging discussion about the nature and the future of assessment. You can find out more about feeding back after assessment in the members’ area of the IEA website - www.ioea.org.uk