Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Assessment is an integral part of the teaching and learning cycle and should be central to ongoing classroom practice.
The Assessment Reform Group has defined Assessment for Learning (AfL) as the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide what stage learners have reached in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get there.
It is the Association of Teachers and Lecturer’s (ATL) opinion (and one which it shares with many experts in pedagogy, curriculum and assessment) that the assessment process should not govern what is taught.
Further information about assessment processes can be found on the following pages:
www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/afl/
www.new2teaching.org.uk/tzone/education/yourteaching/assessment.asp
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