Is assessment just a tick box exercise for you?
Are you able to integrate assessment into your everyday teaching?
Are you sure that your assessment of learners leads to learning gains?
This book acknowledges that you are the expert in your own particular context and allows you to take control of assessment for your learners and yourself. It presents strategies and responds to current educational challenges, offering a variety of assessment approaches and a straightforward toolkit of ideas for effective assessment. Designed to be read over a week, the book is divided into seven concise chapters detailing clear strategies, examining the strategy in action and summarising the underpinning theory. So sit back and enjoy exploring what meaningful assessment can do for you and your learners.
Introduction
Day 1: What's this formative stuff?
Day 2: What do I want them to learn?
Day 3: Tests and quizzes - using them in the classroom?
Day 4: Who is the assessment for? Me? The kids? Parents? The boss?
Day 5: How can I use assessment to improve their learning?
Day 6: I need some grades - now!
Day 7: Master of the assessment universe!
Further reading