Top tips to boost the effectiveness of assessments

By Dan Beech2022-10-27T08:30:00

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Revisit and revise them regularly to make sure they’re telling what you need to know when you need to know it

The importance of assessment cannot be overstated. Regular assessment serves many purposes, such as helping us identify gaps in students’ learning, predict attainment, report progress, check if intervention is effective and decide suitability for further study. Therefore, it is vital that we don’t treat our classroom assessments as a bolt-on or mere afterthought, but that we think carefully about them and ensure they are in line with our curriculum aims.

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