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