Using Assessment for Learning

1. Using Assessment for Learning Promoting shared understanding of quality during formative assessment is a key strategy for helping develop growth mindsets. In this series of video clips, Dylan Wiliam talks about how research about Assessment for Learning (AfL) is informing teaching and learning. Click below to watch Dylan talk about: • Making AfL effective and pitfalls to avoid After you have watched this clip, you may like to work with a colleague to identify different ways that you have collected evidence about pupil learning. How did you or might you use this evidence to adjust your teaching in response? • Successfully incorporating new ideas into practice After watching this clip, you may like to share with colleagues a eureka moment where you reached the point of no return described by Dylan. This Teachers TV video demonstrates how peer and self assessment is used in a year 7 RE class. • Click here to view the video. • After watching this clip you may want to find out about your pupil’s views about the benefits and challenges of peer assessment. Do your pupils have ideas about ways to overcome the challenges so that the maximum benefits are gained from using peer assessment?