Assessment For Learning

‘Assessment for learning is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get there’

(Assessment Reform Group, 2002)

There are 10 principles which govern assessment for learning:

1. Learners should receive constructive advice about how to improve
2. Assessment for learning develops learners’ capacity for self-assessment so that  they can become reflective and self-managing
3. Assessment for learning should recognise the full range of achievement of all  learners

Assessment for learning should: 

4. Be part of effective planning of teaching and learning
5. Focus on how students learn
6. Be recognised as central to classroom practice
7. Be regarded as a key professional skill for teachers
8. Be sensitive and constructive because any assessment has an emotional impact
9. Take account of learner motivation
10. Promote commitment to learning goals and a shared understanding of the criteria by which they are assessed

by The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority