Assessment is an integral part of learning and teaching, helping to provide a picture of a young person's progress and achievements and to identify next steps in learning.
Teachers need a range of assessment approaches to assess the different types of achievement across the curriculum.
Assessment as part of learning and teaching
Teachers' professional judgement about the progress children and young people are making is an important feature of learning and teaching approaches.
Sources of evidence
Why educators use a range of assessment approaches to assess the different types of achievement across the curriculum.
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