What makes effective assessment?
By Suzanne Crocker, Assessment Standards Manager
Information on pupil progress is key to teaching and learning success, but sometimes less is more.
We as teachers assess all the time, both formally and informally. What is our teaching plan? What outcomes are we measuring ourselves and our pupils against? What do my students know already and what do they need to know?
Assessment is not an end in itself, but the vehicle for educational improvement.