Osiris Educational

Rethink the principles on which your school assessment practices are based

The key features of formative and summative assessment

A single coherent scheme for embedding features into all teaching and learning

Case studies drawn from the realities of practices in schools

School assessment policies that make a real difference

The Learning Journey - planning learning with assessment in mind

Clarify the overall plan and purpose in all learning

Plan a sequence of activities for this purpose

Techniques to ensure active participation of all learners

Reflection processes to ascertain if original purpose has been achieved

Validity, reliability and comparability in all assessment results

Use assessment to improve pupils’ achievements

Convince parents and policy makers that judgments are trustworthy and dependable

Techniques to assess what we really value in all subjects

Making fair assessments - methods to improve accuracy

How to ensure our assessment results are comparable:

• In quality 
• In standards
• Between different teachers
• Between different schools