Assessment is for Learning

Assessment FOR Learning - sharing criteria

To what extent are our children, staff and parents clear about what is to be learned and what success would be like?

The Child at the Centre and National Care Standards

Quality Indicator	Theme	Care Standard
5.4 Assessment for learning	Planning learning experiences and activities	Standard 1: Being welcomed and valued Standard 4: Engaging with Children Standard 6: Support and development
5.7 Partnerships with children and parents	Engaging parents in their children 's learning and the life of the centre
5.2 Teaching for effectivelearning	Staff-child interaction, including children’s engagement

*QIs and themes in bold indicate those which most closely relate to this key feature.

Our planning ensures that we are clear about our learning intentions and appropriate experiences for achieving these.
We share our learning objectives on a regular basis with parents and carers.
We discuss with children what they are expected to learn by sharing learning intentions.
We share success criteria with children to help them know when they have achieved a learning intention.
We help children to understand success criteria by sharing examples of work.

To what extent do our plans indicate what children are expected to learn, the experiences they will be offered and how they will know if they are successful?
To what extent do we encourage parents to support their child’s learning by sharing broad learning objectives and success criteria with them?
To what extent do we share learning intentions and success criteria effectively using clear language in a way that helps children with their learning?
To what extent do children fully understand the learning intentions and how to achieve them?