Assessment

We have all struggled to find effective formal and informal assessment methods, both for and of learning. The brainstorm session in the morning was a discussion of those ideas which we have found to be successful, which covered the following:

- using proformas to give feedback to pupils

- putting books in coloured boxes depending on progress at end of lesson

- 5 minute "snapshot" test at the start of a lesson with immediate feedback

- using a betting system on whiteboards, so you can see how confident students are of their answers

- having a google form mini-test on laptops at the back of the room that students take it in turns to do throughout the lesson: particularly useful for assessing prior knowledge before starting a topic