Assessment is for Learning

Assessment FOR Learning - giving feedback

To what extent are our pupils and staff given timely feedback about the quality of their work and how to make it better?

HGIOS Quality Indicator	Theme
5.4 Assessment for learning	Use of assessment information to identify and plan future learning
5.2 Teaching for effective learning	Judgements made in the course of teaching
5.3 Meeting learning needs	Tasks, activities and resources

Things to think about

We ensure that the feedback we provide is positive and encouraging while taking care that it always points towards a specific action for improvement.
All pupils can make progress from where they are, based on assessment of and feedback on their last piece of work/activity.
Pupils take responsibility for, and are active in, their own learning. They recognise their responsibility for acting on feedback given.
We use assessment information formatively to plan for future learning experiences.

To what extent do we give pupils and staff timely feedback and provide them with information about their progress in a way which is motivating and values individual achievement?
To what extent does our feedback give pupils and staff a very clear sense of what they need to do to improve?
To what extent do we use assessment information systematically to identify learning needs and plan future learning experiences?
To what extent do our learning and teaching approaches help pupils to develop as responsible citizens?