If you need some inspiration to develop assessment for learning this blog is full of ideas to try:
Category: Marking and Feedback
Ideas on marking and feedback
This lady uses a lot of marking and feedback strategies. They are good though and some good ideas here:
http://mrshumanities.com/2015/06/27/marking-feedback-and-dirt/
Showing progress in lessons
Here are ten ways to show progress in lessons from Gillian Galloway of Acklam Grange School.
http://www.pedagoo.org/ten-easy-ways-to-demonstrate-progress-in-a-lesson/
The difference between assessment and feedback
There is a clear difference and David Didau makes this point and it is worth remembering.
Effectiveness of homework
Here is a summary of the evidence from the EEF on the effectiveness of homework. It also contains some suggestions on how to improve it.
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/resources/teaching-learning-toolkit/homework-secondary
Marking for improvement
“I’ve trialled a few different methods of marking and feedback (they aren’t always the same thing!) to a wide range of classes from KS3 to KS5. I’ve settled, for now, on the one that appears to make the biggest difference, whilst taking the least amount of time to implement. My classes are making better progress and I have my life back!”
https://www.teachingandlearningguru.com/why-marking-doesnt-work/?ref=ukedchat
Feedback research by John Hattie
This is a piece of research by John Hattie on feedback – what it is and what makes good feedback
http://education.qld.gov.au/staff/development/performance/res ources/readings/power-feedback.pdf
Retaining knowledge
Less is more. How much of what you have taught students have they retained?
https://reflectingenglish.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/in- trying-to-do-so-much-we-do-too-little/
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