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Assessment

This is concerned with the range of ongoing and summative assessment procedures that can be used to enable learning and/or provide evidence of attainment.

Work of note in this area includes: Assessment Systems of the Future.

See also the QTS Standards: Q11-13 Q26-28 and the National Strategies on Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP).

The Institute of Educational Assessors (IEA) is a charitable and independent body with the aim of improving "the quality of assessment in schools and colleges by working with educational assessors to develop their knowledge, understanding and capability in all aspects of educational testing and assessment".  

 You can identify opportunities for development at the national CPD database (see entry in ttrb glossary) , including provision related to assessment specifically.

Search the TTRB using the BET term 'assessment'.

 Number of resources (60)


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Achievement and Inclusion in Schools and Classrooms: Participation and Pedagogy BERA 2008
This paper discusses the relationship between educational achievement and inclusion and considers what conceptual approaches might support an examination of this relationship.
19.05.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Music-ITE: Assessment for Learning and Teacher Education
This resource on the Music-ITE website looks at Assessment for Learning. AfL is an aspect of the work of all teachers. For trainee music teachers, AfL is a key feature of the way in which learning can be taken forwards, and should form a normal part of their everyday work in the classroom. In order to understand what assessment for learning is, Fautley begins by reflecting about the nature of...
02.05.10
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What role for the three Rs? Progress and attainment during primary school
The resource looks at patterns of attainment of primary school pupils in England in Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments. The researchers monitored a group of children from birth onwards and went on to analyse the pupils’ National Curriculum Standard Attainment Test scores. They looked for evidence of fluctuations and stability in progress across the Key Stages. Amongst their recommendations is that...
29.04.10
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Evaluation of the Making Good Progress Pilot
The resource is the final evaluation report of the Making Good Progress Pilot. Commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the pilot was launched in June 2007 to respond to the continuing challenge of raising educational achievement. This is an independent evaluation completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP which reports on the two year project and assesses the...
20.04.10
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Personalised Learning at Primary - Pupil Leaders
This resource is a Teachers TV programme which examines one school’s approach to personalised learning. It is a small rural school with only two classes, where personalised learning is considered to be essential because of the range of age and ability in each class. The head-teacher, describes how the children are “participating in their own learning journey”, and autonomy and independence is...
15.04.10
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Sci-tutors: Monitoring and Assessment
This article from the Sci-tutors website provides ideas relating to assessment to answer questions such as: Why do we assess? What is assessment? Who is it for? How do monitoring and assessment support teaching and learning? and How is a school assessment policy interpreted within the science department? A substantial number of downloads is provided that give access to materials used in some...
21.03.10
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Teachers TV Assessment Week
In the lead-up to exam season, Teachers TV has a week of programmes (w/c 1 March) examining some of the latest developments in assessment, featuring a brand new School Matters on assessment, and a range of programmes looking at Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) and Assessment for Learning (AfL). These include "AFL and APP - What's Going on with Assessment?", which looks at how the formative AfL...
01.03.10
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SEN Personalised Learning Task
This resource is a university based website which supports PGCE students undertaking the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Personalised Learning Task.
18.02.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Targeting support: Choosing and implementing interventions for children with significant literacy difficulties
This publication is about choosing and implementing effective interventions for children who have difficulty in learning how to read, write and spell.
01.02.10
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
Lamb Inquiry Extract
The Lamb Inquiry into Statementing and Assessment has been released
The report from the Lamb Inquiry was published today. The Lamb Inquiry was set up as a result of the Government's response to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Report Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Funding. The Inquiry's remit was to consider how parental confidence in the SEN assessment process could be improved, initiate and evaluate relevant projects and draw upon...
17.12.09
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Causes and consequences of test anxiety in Key Stage 2 pupils: The mediational role of emotional resilience
The resource is a conference paper, presented at BERA 2009, that attempts to define and quantify potential deleterious effects of English Key Stage 2 SATs on the wellbeing, educational experiences and outcomes of primary school pupils in England. The paper also seeks to establish if certain qualities amongst children mediate the effects of any test anxiety caused by the SATs.
08.12.09
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Building Futures: Developing trust – A focus on provision for children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds in the Early Years Foundation Stage (DCSF, 2009)
This guidance, published by the DCSF in 2009, is aimed at practitioners working across the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The guidance materials, which consist of a booklet and a DVD-ROM, encourage reflection on the quality of the provision made in EY settings for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) children and their families.
20.11.09
Article published to Multiverse
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Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)
This is a glossary item that summarises the evidence base and policy context for Gifted and Talented Education (GATE). Gifted education can be broadly defined as the practices, procedures and theories used in the education of children identified as gifted and/or talented. Gifted and Talented Education is therefore the programmes which provide this education.
06.10.09
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Flexible Assessment: English tasks for children working below the levels of the National Curriculum assessment at Key Stage 2
The 2003 article from NFER PRE summarises the development stages that occurred in order to create optional English tasks. The final versions were intended to support National Curriculum assessments at the end of year 6. These tasks were aimed at the 5% of children who come to the end of year 6, but are not entered into the National Curriculum assessments for a variety of reasons.
18.09.09
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Introducing QCDA (Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency)
The QCDA aims to be at the heart of England’s education system, building on the work of their predecessor, the QCA. Their job will be to develop the curriculum, improve and deliver assessments, and review and reform qualifications. The short video explains more about their work.
04.09.09
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Primary Special Needs - Working with P-Scales
This 15 minute Teachers TV programme provides practitioners with a case study to see how P-Scales can be implemented in a mainstream school. The head teacher, and Special Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) at Kingston Park Primary School in Newcastle share why and how they implemented P-scales as a summative measure of attainment for pupils achieving below National Curriculum Level 1.
03.09.09
Article published to TTRB Special Educational Needs
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Getting to Grips with Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP)
This pamphlet describes the process of Assessing Pupils’ Progress (APP): how judgements about a pupil’s attainment can with confidence be tied into the National Curriculum levels, tracked over time to assess their progress, and appropriate intervention made. APP uses national criteria which had been trialled in pilot schools before the launch. Though the DCSF has not made APP compulsory, all...
15.08.09
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QCA Evaluation of participation in GCE mathematics: Final report
The resource is a comprehensive report and set of accompanying appendices published by QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority) which consider the impact of the new mathematics AS and A level specification on students’ participation. It includes an executive summary and discussion of findings together with four main recommendations for the future.
29.05.09
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Assessment of performance in practical science and pupils’ attributes
This resource is a paper, presented at BERA in 2003, which describes the findings of a small scale research study into validity and reliability of various approaches to ‘measure’ the ability of pupils to know and understand and be able to ‘do’ science, the intended outcome of GCSE Science assessment. The paper informs the reader of the concepts involved in problem solving in science, presents the...
22.05.09
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Assessment for Learning: 10 principles
This leaflet/poster, produced by the Assessment Reform Group (ARG) in 2002, summarises the key features which have resulted from extensive research into Assessment for Learning (AfL). It outlines ten principles towards changing assessment practice in the classroom, whilst at the same time maintaining the quality of learning experiences.
12.05.09
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