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Assessment for Learning

Assessment for learning is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get there”.

Assessment for Learning – 10 principles Assessment Reform Group, 2002

"Standards can be raised only by changes that are put into direct effect by teachers and pupils in classrooms. There is a body of firm evidence that formative assessment is an essential component of classroom work and that its development can raise standards of achievement."

Inside the Black Box - Black and Wiliam

Key characteristics of Assessment for Learning - teaching strategies

Key characteristics of Assessment for Learning - impact on pupils

Assessing departmental progress in Assessment for Learning

AFL review tables

Developing AFL within the department

Developing objective led lessons in MFL Developing oral feedback in MFL lessons Developing written feedback in MFL lessons Developing peer and self assessment in MFL lessons
Curricular target setting in MFL Securing progression in MFL lessons Questioning and dialogue in MFL lessons Assessment for Learning - Pedagogy and Practice booklet