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Professional learning resource: Assessing progress and achievement overarching paper

Transforming lives through learning

ReadingsAfter reading the introduction assign each member of the groupsections from the following list.

How should I plan for assessment?

What are significant aspects of learning

What does progression look like?

Breadth, challenge and application

How do I make holistic judgements about a level?

How can we monitor and track progress? The whole group should read the responsibility of all section.

Professional learning resource: Assessing progress and achievement overarching paper

Transforming lives through learning

Step 1

Individual reading and reflective thinking Read your section(s) of the paper.

As you read, consider the question:

What are the most important points in the section?

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Step 2 Group Sharing Work round the table.

Everyone shares the most important messages from

their section of the reading

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Step 3 Convergent Thinking

Consider all the responsesshared at your table.

In light of your readings, whatare the main messages in thecurriculum paper whichwill need to be considered?(list up to 6 suggestions) Bullet point your suggestions in

the middle of the paper. Leave space around the outside.

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Step 4 Divergent ThinkingHow might the bullet

points be addressed?

Mindmap your suggestions around the outside of the bullets.

Try to be as concrete as possible in your suggestions.

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Step 5 Large group feedback

Share the 6 most important messages and your

top 2 or 3 recommendations with the larger

group.

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