At the beginning of every school year my colleagues and I attend our annual school conference. A theme for the year is established, a key note speaker booked and a full agenda planned with the intent of creating a buzz and anticipation about the new school year.
This year’s conference had a ‘back to basics’ focus with behaviour, assessment, progress and homework under the spotlight. I was asked to present on ‘Assessment for Learning’. Having tweeted that I would be presenting on this topic, I received several enthusiastic @replies enquiring as to whether I would share the slides and/or blog about it. Here are the slides that I used:
Nice slideshare, James, made me think about assessment again, and how it can just be a tedious admin thing. But sure I like the ‘little and often’ idea, and that students need the feedback after doing work. Of course, this is Really important. But I get caught up in admin structures that don’t relate to the situation well.
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Cheers,
Jane