1. Assessing Pupil Progress Summer 2009 Leadership and Management Schools continuing with APP

2. Aims Review progress in AfL and APP Identify next steps for whole school implementation Begin to consider evaluating the impact on teaching and then learning

3. Common issues for assessment Not used formatively Teacher insufficient understanding of how each element supports learning Teachers use mechanistic elements of AfL with no impact on pupil learning Over reliance on testing or formal assessment tasks Recording is not purposeful or manageable

4. Inside the black box- Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam The improvement of formative assessment cannot be a simple matter. There is no ‘quick fix’ that can be added to existing practice with promise of rapid reward… this will only come about if each teacher finds his or her own way of incorporating the lessons and ideas into their patterns of classroom work’

5. Bumps in the Road: General implementation issues: Getting everyone onboard; Running out of petrol; Avoiding other traffic; Remembering your destination; Sticking to the timetable; Picking up passengers en route;

6. “Bumps in the Road” Issues specific to APP Your experience s so far…

7. 10 Principles of effective assessment Part of effective planning. Focuses on how pupils learn. Central to classroom practice. Key professional skill. Sensitive and constructive – any assessment has an emotional impact.

8. Principles of effective assessment Fosters motivation. Promotes understanding of goals and criteria. Develops capacity for self assessment. Recognises all educational achievement.

9. Monitoring and evaluating progress What impact are you expecting? What range of evidence could you collect? Qualitative and quantitative?

10. Benefits Improved understanding of NC levels Confident and accurate assessments Wider range of evidence across the full breadth of the curriculum More ownership of responsibilities for standards and progress among teachers Better appreciation of integration of assessment and teaching and learning.

11. Other benefits Allows progress within a level to be seen AF’s help teachers recognise evidence in key elements of each subject Reveals gaps in the curriculum and/or learning Provides basis for targets for improvements for all stakeholders

12. Support for school leaders Support on the assessment area of the Primary Framework Guidance for planning in-school standardisation and moderation Supporting school leaders pack www.nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/ primaryframeworkwww.nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/ primaryframework –Assessment tab for APP –CPD tab for leadership materials

13. News and updates Single level testing Rose Review