Assessment Essentials
Assessment Essentials is a great-value short course in what every teacher needs to know about assessment, from the creators of the acclaimed Assessment Lead Programme.
It will help you reduce workload, question and improve existing practices, and maximise the power of assessment as a tool for learning.
DURATION: 10 WEEKS
WEEKLY STUDY: 1-1.5 HOURS
COST: £95
MODE: ONLINE
Summary
Assessment Essentials focuses specifically on ‘what every teacher needs to know about assessment’.
The course follows a micro-lesson structure, designed to fit around the busy timetable of teachers and is a commitment of around 1.5 hours per week. It includes insight interviews with leading thinkers and practitioners – Dylan Wiliam, Daisy Christodoulou, John Hattie and others who will help your teachers reflect on and develop their practice.
There are two overarching goals of Assessment Essentials:
- to help make your students’ learning more visible and, thereby, increase confidence in the dependability of decisions made in the classroom and beyond;
- to help maximise the power of assessment as a powerful learning tool.
Modules
| Weeks | Modules |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction and perspectives on assessment |
| 2 | Making the invisible (learning) visible |
| 3 | Harnessing assessment as a powerful learning event |
| 4 | Intent, implementation and impact |
| 5 | Enhancing your assessment practice |
| 6 | The power and potential of feedback & delivering effective feedback |
| 7 | Fairness in assessment |
| 8 | Theory into practice: selecting and designing assessments |
| 9 | Theory into practice: selecting and designing assessments (pt.2) |
| 10 | Embedding great assessment in your classroom |
Who is it for?
Case study: “I would recommend Assessment Essentials to every teacher!”
Nikki Booth, Assessment Advisor at Wolgarston High School, discusses his experiences working through our Assessment Essentials course.
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Assessment Essentials will:
- Improve the efficiency of assessment practices, helping you reduce workload – do more with less
- Guide you to question existing practices
- Help you link assessment with curriculum and pedagogy, to improve student outcomes
- Reframe the value of assessment, offering case studies and advice from other school leaders
- Maximise the power of assessment as a tool for learning
Cost
Assessment Essentials is part of our great value CPD bundle which also includes access to the Assessment Lead Programme and Science of Learning Programme.
Mix and match your learning. For example, choose the ‘L’ bundle and put 5 staff on the Science of Learning Programme, 5 on the Assessment Lead Programme and 40 on Assessment Essentials.
| Bundle | Staff accounts | Price |
|---|---|---|
| S | 10 | £1,999 |
| M | 20 | £2,999 |
| L | 50 | £3,999 |
| XL | 100 | £4,999 |
| XXL | 101+ | £6,999 |
Bundles are priced per school. For group bookings please get in touch.
Order your bundle!
Launch your professional development in three simple steps:
- Choose your bundle.
- Receive your enrolment link immediately upon booking.
- Share the link with staff.
You will receive access to all three courses for 365 days.
Reviews
Rated 8/10
as of October 2020.
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