14. Outcomes

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Reflective Activities

Key Issues

• To consider the bases of comparison used in learning and teaching
• To highlight dilemmas between construct validity and reliability
• To investigate the danger that high-stakes assessment distorts curriculum provision
• To obtain direct evidence of pupil's feelings about routine assessment
• To identify the social impact of assessment

Who wants to know about children’s learning over time? Summative assessment

• To consider the use of non-statutory tests
• To develop your own understanding of standards
• To consider the use of test results
• To consider the effects of national testing on primary school teaching
• To identify information about the children which it is important to know and record
• To develop an informative and constructive procedure for reporting to parents

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Further Reading

Notes on Further Reading

• Overview
• Key issues
• Summative assessment of learning
• Using summative assessment information
• Records and reporting

Useful links

• Scottish Department for Education
• Welsh Department for Education
• Northern Irish Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment
• Department for Education (DfE) in England
• Department of Education in Ireland
• Fischer Family Trust
• The Data Enabler Toolkit
• Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring

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Diagrams and Figures

• Figure 14.1 A five-stage cycle for school improvement
• Figure 14.2 A child’s feelings about SATs
• Figure 14.3 Lee ‘shows his working’