Use of assessment to improve student progress

Miss J Slevin

Assistant Head Teaching and Learning

RGS

Why:

• Ensuring there was a greater consistency in amount of feedback• Ensuring there was a

greater consistency in the quality of feedback• Increase use of peer/self

assessment• Closing the assessment

loop

Policy:

• Marking Stamp• Policy of a minimum of 2 ‘stamped’ pieces

of assessment per teacher per term

Impact: Here are a few examples of it at work…

Strategies to support assessment:

• Use of traffic lights in planners• Mini whiteboards in planners• All students have a green pen – used for peer/self

assessment• Swap it over – teacher completes student response to

student’s self assessment• Student responses used as H/L to allow in depth

responses/redrafting

Results:• Consistent use of the stamp across all department areas • Better understanding of exam criteria by students• More effective planning based on robust assessment• Recent book review week saw an increase in:• Peer/Self review being used• WWW/EBI being used to good effect• Students closing the assessment loop• More use and correction of literacy

• Plus students really like it!