Contents

Formative assessment - assessment for learning
P 4-5 The home visit or the child’s initial visit to school – learning starts when we are born - what does the child already know when she first comes to school? 

P 6 Assessment through observation – discover students’ multiple intelligences and their strengths and weaknesses.


Diagnostic assessments
P 7 Published diagnostic tests – subjects and verbal reasoning. 

P 8-10 Students with Additional Needs (Special Educational Needs) – examples. 

P 11 Group assessment – assess students’ multiple intelligences using a rubric. 

P 12 Authentic problem solving and assessment – expert assessment of real life situations. 

P 13 Students’ self assessment and peer assessment – let your students help you. P 14 Multiple Intelligences assessment of knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes 

P 15 Creating your own subject specific assessments – example: English novel 

P 16 End of lesson evaluation - to help you plan for the next lesson. 

P 17 Target setting and monitoring – use assessment to raise standards and set goals.


Summative assessment- test and assessment results
P 18 Continuous and comprehensive assessment – leading to accumulative assessment. 

P 19 End of topic assessment – recording students’ knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes.


Accumulative assessment
P 20 Tests and examinations - assessment against criteria laid down in the syllabus. P 21 Different ways of assessing – assessment through different tasks. 

P 22 Collating the evidence – tracking software and a processfolio - collecting evidence, recording progress. 

P 23 Using assessment to raise standards – international benchmark tests 

P 24 Conclusion - assessment leading to planning for the differentiated classroom