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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!