Summary
Contents
Subject index
Assessment is central to teaching and learning, yet is one of the most difficult areas of professional practice. This book guides trainee secondary teachers through its complexities and provides practical strategies, exemplified by case studies. It examines issues such as diagnosing problems, sharing learning objectives, assessment as a tool for motivation, effective planning, using evidence to adapt teaching, peer and self assessment, learning through dialogue and understanding formative assessment. Targeted specifically at trainees, this text links explicitly to the new QTS Standards, and its tasks provide opportunities for reflection and for practising the range of skills involved in assessing pupils.
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Chapter objectives
By the end of this chapter you should have:
- learned about the nature of summative assessment;
- considered differences between marking and grading;
- thought about quality in your subject area, and how you can assess it;
- learned about implementing summative assessment strategies in your teaching;
- considered the role of summative assessment in certifying achievement;
- thought about teaching from published examination specifications;
- thought about ways in which summative assessment can be used to develop learning.
Professional Standards for QTS
This chapter will help you to meet the following Professional Standards for QTS:Q10, Q12, Q26a, Q26b, Q28
Introduction
We have already discussed in the opening part of this book how one of the main features of summative assessment is that it looks back on achievement. In a way, the judgements and marks which arrive from ...
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