Assessment and feedback

There are three themes in assessment and feedback:

Student writing

This section provides resources to develop an understanding of assessment and feedback. The emphasis is on the following:

  • Formative assessment - differentiation by assessment
  • Defining and assessing personal and social skills.

The section on defining and assessing personal and social skills was written for Entry to Employment programmes. A great deal can however be adapted to meet the needs of a much wider range of contexts in which trainees work. The section could also be used for developing tutoring skills.

There are resources in the following sections that can be used with this section:

Theme 1 - Initial and diagnostic assessment

Information and audit sheets

  • Audit of good practice features present in initial assessment and induction programmes - Word or PDF
  • The Learning Journey - Word or PDF
  • Exploring and improving initial assessment - Word or PDF

Theme 2 - Formative and summative assessment

PowerPoint slides

Activities with video footage

Activities

  • Mainly formative assessment:
    • Why assess? - Word or PDF
    • Exploring formative assessment and feedback - Word or PDF
    • Applying formative assessment and feedback - Word or PDF
  • Information sheets for the activites:
    • Why assess? - Terms associated with assessment - Word or PDF
    • Exploring formative assessment and feedback - Glossary of terms - Word or PDF

Information sheets

  • Terms associated with assessment - Word or PDF
  • Glossary of terms - Word or PDF
  • Checking learning resources sheet - Word or PDF
  • Using formative assessment - Word or PDF
  • Checking and reviewing learning - Word or PDF
  • Extracts from the Common Inspection Framework - Word or PDF
  • Making up a test - Word or PDF

Video footage

Information: If you want more information about the source of the original materials and how to obtain them, or how the materials in this section apply to the LLUK standards for teacher training, please use the links below (will open in new window).