Effective practice in assessment, target setting and pupil tracking are integral to good teaching and effective department management because:
- accurate and diagnostic assessment identifies the degree of progress pupils have already made and reveals the necessary next steps in their learning
- outcomes from this kind of assessment provide feedback for the evaluation of the curriculum by identifying areas where learning is more or less successful
- target setting is a way of converting the outcomes of assessment into explicit goals that pupils can understand
- pupil tracking identifies pupils who are not making enough progress and are at risk of underachievement so that action can be taken.
The following guidance is available to support high-quality assessment of pupils' learning:
Resources:
Tracking for success in English (185.27 KB)
