Mentor materials
Discussion - having a clear purpose for any planned assessment opportunities
Teaching techniques to focus feedback on
Interaction:
Discussion
Outcome:
To have a clear purpose for any planned assessment opportunities.
Stimulus
In their online study materials, your teacher heard from Mike Walker, Chair of the Advisory Board at Evidence Based Education, explain that it is important to consider the purpose of the assessments teachers are planning and whether they have selected an assessment that is going to give them the data they need.
During this section, your teacher was then asked to consider the assessment opportunities they have planned into their lessons already and reflect on their purpose. Discuss this activity with the teacher and decide whether the assessment opportunities are purposeful and will help them to decide what the next steps are for their pupils, and for them as the teacher.
Praise, probe and set precise actions
The following practise should be focused around the outcomes of the probe and precise actions, so that it is specific to your teacher’s developmental needs. However, below are some practise ideas based on the online study content to support you if needed.
Plan and practice ideas
Select an upcoming lesson and have your teacher practise planning purposeful assessment opportunities. Once they have finished their practise, discuss following questions for the assessment opportunity.
- What are you trying to assess?
- Why are you trying to assess this?
- What are you going to do with the information?
- How are you going to feed the information back to pupils?
Key questions and talking points
- What are you trying to assess?
- Why are you trying to assess this?
- What are you going to do with the information?
- How are you going to feed the information back to pupils?