Formative assessment involves more than marking and feeding back; it is into the next steps, looks forward as well as back and is closely allied to forward planning. Assessment at Bewsey Lodge will: Enable individual pupils to make progress in their learning. Relate to shared learning objectives. Be underpinned by confidence that every child can improve. Help all pupils demonstrate what they know, understand and are able to do independently. Involve success criteria that is shared and that work is assessed against the criteria. Include reliable judgements about how learners are performing, related where appropriate to national standards. Involve both teacher and pupil reviewing and reflecting upon assessment information. Providing feedback which leads to pupils recognising the next, steps in their learning and how to work towards achieving these. Enable teachers to plan more effectively by using assessment outcomes to develop next steps. Provide us with information to evaluate our own practice and set appropriate targets at whole school, class and individual pupil levels. Enable parents to understand and be involved in their child’s progress. Ensure that our practises are fully inclusive. Roles & Responsibilities Teachers and Teaching Assistants are responsible for carrying out summative and formative assessments with individual pupils, sample groups and whole classes, depending on the context. These outcomes will be shared with pupils as part of an on-going assessment dialogue with pupils about their learning progress. The outcomes of summative assessments are reported to the SMT. These outcomes will be shared with parents at Parent Consultation Meetings and in each term’s pupil report. Subject leaders are responsible for monitoring standards in their subject according to the expectations set out in the National Curriculum. Summative Assessment Reading, Writing & Maths Formal assessment in reading, writing and maths will take place three times a year. It will involve both teacher assessment and standardised testing. Once assessments have taken place, it is the responsibility of the class teacher to ensure that they are marked according to the marking guidance issued with the assessment. It is also the responsibility of the class teacher to analyse data to inform future planning. All results will be shared with the SMT in order to monitor pupil progress and attainment. The assessment coordinator will analyse data and provide the head teacher with required statistics. Following data analysis, the head teacher and SMT will conduct pupil progress meetings with each class teacher to discuss the rate of progress within their class and the next steps in raising attainment/progress. Foundation Subjects & Science
Formative assessment involves more than marking and feeding back; it is into the next steps, looks forward as well as back and is closely allied to forward planning. Assessment at Bewsey Lodge will: Enable individual pupils to make progress in their learning. Relate to shared learning objectives. Be underpinned by confidence that every child can improve. Help all pupils demonstrate what they know, understand and are able to do independently. Involve success criteria that is shared and that work is assessed against the criteria. Include reliable judgements about how learners are performing, related where appropriate to national standards. Involve both teacher and pupil reviewing and reflecting upon assessment information. Providing feedback which leads to pupils recognising the next, steps in their learning and how to work towards achieving these. Enable teachers to plan more effectively by using assessment outcomes to develop next steps. Provide us with information to evaluate our own practice and set appropriate targets at whole school, class and individual pupil levels. Enable parents to understand and be involved in their child’s progress. Ensure that our practises are fully inclusive. Roles & Responsibilities Teachers and Teaching Assistants are responsible for carrying out summative and formative assessments with individual pupils, sample groups and whole classes, depending on the context. These outcomes will be shared with pupils as part of an on-going assessment dialogue with pupils about their learning progress. The outcomes of summative assessments are reported to the SMT. These outcomes will be shared with parents at Parent Consultation Meetings and in each term’s pupil report. Subject leaders are responsible for monitoring standards in their subject according to the expectations set out in the National Curriculum. Summative Assessment Reading, Writing & Maths Formal assessment in reading, writing and maths will take place three times a year. It will involve both teacher assessment and standardised testing. Once assessments have taken place, it is the responsibility of the class teacher to ensure that they are marked according to the marking guidance issued with the assessment. It is also the responsibility of the class teacher to analyse data to inform future planning. All results will be shared with the SMT in order to monitor pupil progress and attainment. The assessment coordinator will analyse data and provide the head teacher with required statistics. Following data analysis, the head teacher and SMT will conduct pupil progress meetings with each class teacher to discuss the rate of progress within their class and the next steps in raising attainment/progress. Foundation Subjects & Science
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