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Identify what is effective about the teacher’s assessment practice, making clear links to literature/government policy/etc. to support your conclusions – this is where you demonstrate your understanding of assessment theory and ‘good practice

Profile of individual child (equivalent to 2, 000 words), with critiqued examples of assessments and other tests used to make judgements about learning and progression.

Suggested structure

*An introduction (on the purpose or history of assessment, for example) is not required – start with the pen-portrait of the child.

Pen-portrait of child/learner (200-300 words approx.) – included information which will be relevant when considering the use of assessment, e.g.

-child’s age

-year group (e.g. Year 1, Year 5, Year 11)

-type of school (e.g. mainstream, SEN, supplementary, etc.)

-number of pupils in the class

-child’s ability in comparison to other children in the class

-where child has English as an additional language, child’s fluency

-whether the child has any special needs or disabilities

Write the pen-portrait in full sentences (not bullet points), in the present tense (Child A is …)

Example of assessment 1 (include image of assessment example – you could refer in the text to Example 1, or Figure 1)

Critique of assessment example 1 (200-500 words – the depth of your critique will affect how many examples you need to use: if you don’t have much to write, you will need more assessment examples)

-Brief context – when/where was the assessment carried out; subject area; support provided to the child; what the assessment was designed to show/evidence (50 words)

-Description of example – e.g. This is an example of formative feedback from the teacher on child A’s work, focusing on…

-Critique – identify what is effective about the teacher’s assessment practice, making clear links to literature/government policy/etc. to support your conclusions – this is where you demonstrate your understanding of assessment theory and ‘good practice’; identify aspects of the teacher’s assessment practice which could be further developed (making clear links to literature/government policy/etc. to support your conclusions - this is also where you demonstrate your understanding of assessment theory and ‘good practice’)

Example of assessment 2 (include image of assessment example)

Critique of assessment example 2 (200-500 words – see comment above)

-Brief context – when/where was the assessment carried out; subject area; support provided to the child; what the assessment was designed to show/evidence (50 words)

-Description of example – e.g. formative feedback from teacher on child’s work, focusing on…

-Critique – identify what is effective about the teacher’s assessment practice, making clear links to literature/government policy/etc. to support your conclusions – this is where you demonstrate your understanding of assessment theory and ‘good practice’; identify aspects of the teacher’s assessment practice which could be further developed (making clear links to literature/government policy/etc. to support your conclusions - this is also where you demonstrate your understanding of assessment theory and ‘good practice’)