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EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATIONS
Bernadette Youens
From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009
UNIT
6.2
At the end of this unit you should be able to:
• identify the range of external assessments in secondary schools and access the national framework for qualifications
• understand the relationship between the National Curriculum in England and external examinations
• explain the main purposes of assessment
• recall the processes involved in the setting of external examinations and the institutions involved
• start addressing the issues relating to teaching examination classes.
From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009
OBJECTIVES
YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE• Types of assessment
From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009
THE FRAMEWORK OF EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN SECONDARY
SCHOOLS
• Key Stage 3 assessment
• GCSE
• Post-16 assessment
– GCE A level courses
– Vocational or applied courses
From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009
THE PURPOSES OF EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
• Public accountability
• Validity and reliability
• Teaching externally assessed courses
From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009
To explore this material further, read:
Youens, B. (2009) ‘External assessment and examinations’, in S. Capel, M. Leask and T. Turner (eds) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, 5th edn, London: Routledge.
From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009
FURTHER INFORMATION
Brooks, V. (2002) Assessment in Secondary Schools: The New
Teacher’s Guide to Monitoring, Assessment, Recording,
Reporting and Accountability, Buckingham: Open
University Press.
Fautley, M. and Savage, J. (2008) Assessment for Learning
and Teaching in Secondary Schools, Exeter: Learning
Matters.
Stobart, G. (2008) Testing times: The Uses and Abuses of
Assessment, Abingdon: Routledge.
From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009
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