1. Assessing Pupils’ Progress Redcar & Cleveland pilot 07/08

2. Assessment: ways of looking Standing back Public view Close up Day- to-day PeriodicTransitional

3. Day- to-day Periodic Transitional Ways of looking : key features Learning outcomes shared with pupils Immediate feedback and next steps for pupils Peer- and self-assessment Broader view of progress Using national standards in the classroom Improves curriculum planning Formal recognition of achievement Reported to parents/carers and next teacher/school May use tests/tasks from national sources

4. APP supports teachers in: making level-based day-to-day and periodic assessments of pupil progression integrating Assessment for Learning into classroom activity

5. APP provides information For diagnostic purposes relating to progress of individual pupils For in-school curriculum planning purposes For external reporting purposes

6. Where APP fits in Day to day teaching and learning Evidence of pupil performance Periodic assessment using assessment guidelines Informing teaching and learning In-school curriculum planning

7. APP and change in practice during the 2006-7 pilot Change FROM extensive use of topic tests TO ongoing assessment Change FROM modest use of Assessment for Learning (AfL) approaches TO systematic assessment of topics in this way, with LEVELS as outcomes Change FROM inconsistent TO consistent use of assessment materials and criteria across a department PLUS increased personalisation of learning, through attention to diversity of pupil assessment outcomes

8. Assessment Guidelines and Assessment Focuses The focuses are made up of levelled bulleted statements, or assessment criteria

9. The Standards Files The Standards Files provides sample levelled work, with annotations They are of key importance in establishing National Standards

10. Assessment is not a precise process Every assessment has some degree of uncertainty

11. Multiple judgements are needed

12. A picture builds up over time

13. Diversity of assessment opportunities Explanation - written, illustrated, spoken Issue exploration - written, illustrated, spoken Communication - in any medium Investigation - recorded or observed Evidence and conclusions - written, illustrated or observed

14. Record keeping - the traffic light approach Assessment opportunities provided and evidence of achievement not displayed Assessment opportunities provided and evidence of achievement partially displayed Assessment opportunities provided and evidence of achievement fully displayed Not covered by the assessment opportunities provided in this sample