THE BIG PICTURE OF ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING

to facilitate the monitoring of standards over time in order to inform the development of policy and practice leading to better pupil outcomes

1be complementary to, and supportive of, the key aims

of the NI Curriculum

Foundation Stage assessment • AssesspupilprogressineachCCS• AssesspupilprogressineachoftheOtherSkills(TS&PC)

• AssesspupilprogressineachAoL

Reporting• AnnualReport• ParentMeetings• AnnualReview*

Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2assessment• AssesspupilprogressineachCCS• UseofCCEAdesignedtasksYears4&7• AssesspupilprogressineachoftheOtherSkills(TS&PC)• AssesspupilprogressineachAoLReporting• AnnualReport• Years4&7numericaloutcomesforCCS;andadditional school/system information to parents• ParentMeetings• AnnualReview*

Key Stage 3 assessment• AssesspupilprogressineachCCS• UseofCCEAapprovedtasksYear10• AssesspupilprogressineachoftheOtherSkills(TS&PC)

• AssesspupilprogressineachAoLReporting• AnnualReport• Year10numericaloutcomesforCCS;and

additional school/system information to parents• ParentMeetings• AnnualReview/TransitionPlans*

USINGASSESSMENT

OUTCOMESTO INFORMNExT STEPSPlANNING

at ClaSSRoom level:

at CooRdinatoR level:

at Whole SChool level:

* EDUCATION(NORTHERNIRELAND)ORDER1996CodeofPracticeontheIdentificationandAssessmentofSpecialEducationalNeeds1September1998

AIM OFASSESSMENT

PRINCIPlES

Assessment should:

2befitforpurpose

3bemanageable

4be supported by teacher

professionaljudgementsthatareconsistent and reliable

5be appropriate at all levelsforsystem-wide

accountability

PURPOSES

WHAT ISASSESSED?

Summative Toacknowledge,recordandreport

pupils’ overall performance and achievement at a point in time

evaluative Toinformcurriculumplanningand to provide information formonitoringandaccountability

FoRmative Touseassessmentinformationtomakespecificimprovements

inlearning

diagnoStiC Toidentifystrengthsandareasfor improvement and to inform

next steps

Pupil performance andachievement in ...

ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING REqUIREMENTS

Whatlevelaremypupilsnow?

Howismyareaofresponsibilityperforming,comparedwithrecent3yeartrends?

Howisourschoolperforming,comparedwithrecent3yeartrends?

Howisourschoolperformingcomparedwithotherschoolsinsimilarcircumstances?

Howismyareaofresponsibilityperformingcomparedwithothercurriculumareas?

Wheredotheyneedtobenext(withanappropriatelevelofchallenge)?

Whatareourwholeschoolprioritiesforimprovingpupiloutcomes,especiallyinLiteracyandNumeracy?

Whataretheprioritiesforimprovingprovisionwithinmyareaofresponsibility?

Whatarethebeststrategiestohelppupilsreachthe‘nextsteps’intheirlearning?

CRoSS-CuRRiCulaR SKillS (CCS)

Assessment:arobustmodelofmoderatedteacherjudgement

otheR SKillS(thinking Skills and Personal

Capabilities: tS&PC)Assessment:delegatedtoschools

aReaS oF leaRning (aol)

Assessment:delegatedtoschools