Assessment for Learning
42 videos

Teachers rethinking their roles
Paul Black speaks about the challenges for teachers in assessment for learning.

How do you promote ambition pupils in their rea...
This is an inspirational discussion around many aspects of the tested elements of reading and writing. A hidden gem.

Reading Comprehension, checking pupils understa...
Pupils working in a group are exploring the similarities and differences between the two main characters in "The Boy ...

The School That Knows Itself: Data
We see how diverse data, used daily by pupils, administrators and teachers is enabling challenge in learning for ever...

Middle School Math Data Meeting
Sharing data with students and translating targets to student centred language is enabling students to set their own ...

Language Arts
Raising standards in literacy has benefitted from the Language Arts approach at this school in Mexico.

8th Grade Reflecting on the Personal Learning Plan
8th grade students reflect on improving their learning through the use of their Personal Learning Plan.

Improving Writing 3: Mentoring Improvement in W...
An extended conversation to improve writing standards between a first grade pupil and his teaching assistant.

IT Integration in the Classroom 2
The shift in a school to the total integration of IT into subject teaching is further examined.

The school context for promoting AfL
Paul Black talks about these opportunities for teachers to interact and share practice.

Negotiating success criteria
Paul Black talks about the importance of negotiating success criteria with pupils.

Inducting pupils into peer assessment
Pupils need to be inducted into peer assessment for it to operate effectively.

How can pupils be introduced to success criteri...
A teacher leads pupils in exploring the success criteria.

Reading Comprehension. Checking Understanding a...
Pupils have been studying The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas throughout the year.

Reading Comprehension, making comparisons withi...
Using pictures as prompts, pupils show their developing understanding of the characters and themes of a book (The Boy...

Linking reading comprehension to writing compos...
This work is within the context of a whole-book curriculum focus (The Boy on the Striped Pyjamas) throughout the year.

Writing composition - classroom discussion to p...
This teacher is interested in improving standards in writing composition.

Project Planning with Staff
Nursery staff meet to finalise details of the forthcoming visit to the local museum.

Writing composition - classroom discussion to p...
This teacher is interested in improving standards in writing composition.

Formative feedback versus marks and grades
Paul Black talks about the importance of feedback to pupils.

Characteristics of the AfL classroom
Paul Black talks about interactions, dialogue and noise levels in the 'assessment for learning' classroom.

Using the Personalised Learning Plan
We watch as a teacher interviews students working on their next challenging targets using their personalised learning...

Promoting higher standards in Reading Comprehen...
Pupils have studied a whole book throughout the year.

Raising standards for lower achieving pupils
Patricia Broadfoot reveals how formative assessment raises GCSE standards by, on average, two grades.

Knowing where they are going
Patricia Broadfoot discusses the importance of setting learning objectives.

Feedback and classroom dialogue
Patricia Broadfoot talks the problems with marks and grades, about how feedback must give pointers for improvement in...

Getting the best from all learners
Patricia Broadfoot talks about the impact that assessment for learning can have for lower attainers including boys, g...

Fundamentals of assessment for learning
Paul Black talks about the fundamental features of assessment for learning.

Understanding the big picture
Pupils need to understand how day-to-day learning fits into the bigger picture.

Giving students the language of assessment
Patricia Broadfoot describes this can help students become autonomous learners.

Self and peer assessment
Patricia Broadfoot talks about developing students' skills of self criticism.

The potential of assessment for learning
Evidence shows there's no other educational innovation that has such power to raise standards.

Performing better dances
Year 3 children are working on a desert theme inspired by an Egyptians theme.