Assessment is for Learning

Self-Assessment Toolkits for Schools and Early Years

Adapting principles to one’s own context

These toolkits are designed to help schools, early years establishments and their teaching staff to determine how well they have incorporated the principles of Assessment is for Learning into their practice. They link the 10 key features of AifL to quality indicators relevant to each context, and offer some thoughts and resources to help develop AifL practice.
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Self-Assessment Toolkit for Early Years: second edition

This is designed for early years establishments and staff. The approaches to assessment are evaluated by using performance indicators from 'The Child at the Centre - Self evaluation in the Early Years' and the National Care Standards.
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Self-Assessment Toolkit for Schools: second edition

This is for schools and their teaching staff. The approaches to assessment are evaluated by using relevant quality indicators and themes from 'How Good is our School Part 3 - The Journey to Excellence'.
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Toolkit updates

The AifL Self-Assessment Toolkits have recently been updated. The revised editions have been re-mapped respectively to their relevant quality indicators in How Good is our School 3 (schools) and The Child at the Centre version 2 (early years) and with the capacities and themes of Curriculum for Excellence.