Here we have materials to support professional development and training related to Assessment for Learning, a key aspect of effective learning and teaching. Schools can adapt these resources to suit their own context and needs.

Resources which can be used are:

• Guidance on Assessment for Learning Version 1a
  • This guidance can be used as an aid to support embedding formative assessment in schools.  It consists of:
    • explanations and examples of various aspects of AfL, including Learning Intentions, Success Criteria, Feedback, etc.
    • checklists which can be used for learning walks and peer observations
    • a brief list of suggestions for embedding these strategies in schools.

• PowerPoints for training on:
  • Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
  • Feedback
  • Self and Peer Assessment
  • Prior Learning
  • Talk Partners
  • Effective Questioning

• A self-evaluation resource for staff which could be used as part of an audit before using these training materials, created and kindly shared by Karen Wheatley at Lochgoilhead Primary School.
• A presentation on Making Thinking Visible, a series of questioning strategies which could be used to support AfL, created and kindly shared by Ross Stewart at Hermitage Academy.

Materials being used in schools include:

• Advice on Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.