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Appendices
   

Appendix 1(a)
Checklist of good practice: photocopy master(PDF document 18Kb)
Intended for use by teachers, to examine their own practice in relation to assessment.

Appendix 1(b)
Detailed review : photocopy master (PDF Document 36Kb)
Looks at every aspect of assessment in primary schools, and is considered useful for an assessment co-ordinator, or SMT.

Appendix 2
Gillingham Partnership: Extracts 1-7
Drawn from the Gillingham Partnership Formative Assessment Project, these are intended as a resource for staff meetings.

  TIB, WALT, WILF and OLI: (PDF document 11Kb)
Drawn from the Gillingham Partnership Formative Assessment Project, these were developed to help teachers share learning intentions and success criteria.

Appendix 3
The LEARN Project
Learners' Expectations of Assessment for Learning Nationally
Guidance for Schools on Assessment for Learning

Appendix 4
Inside the Black Box
A brief summary of some key points from this important research into raising standards through classroom assessment.

 

Quotes (PDF document 18Kb ) and Quotes 2 (PDF document 15Kb)
Drawn from a variety of sources, each encapsulating key thoughts or points of importance in relation to assessment. Intended as a resource for staff meetings.

Appendix 5
KWL / KWFL and QUADS Grids (PDF Document 11Kb)
Simple grids used to help children to 'activate prior learning' and to be more involved in planning their own learning.
  Concept maps (PDF Document 19Kb)
A traditional approach which can be used to help children review their current knowledge, and to recognise the progress they make
 

Traffic lights and smiley faces (PDF Document 14Kb)
Fun ways for children to communicate their own assessment of their learning.