{"id":79,"date":"2026-09-21T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/?p=79"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:48:47","slug":"assessing-learners-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/2026\/09\/21\/assessing-learners-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing learners&#8217; understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Challenge and Enjoyment<\/li>\n<li>Progression<\/li>\n<li>Depth<\/li>\n<li>Personalization and Choice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A young person\u2019s progress should be assessed in ways and at times appropriate to that<br \/>\nperson\u2019s learning needs. Judgements made about this learning should be based on evidence<br \/>\nfrom a broad range of sources, both in and out of school, and by reference to a learner\u2019s<br \/>\nprogress over time, across a range of activities<\/p>\n<p>&gt; choosing assessment methods that are fit for purpose<br \/>\n&gt; evaluating evidence and assessing progress in learning<br \/>\n&gt; recording and reporting on learning using evidence<br \/>\n&gt; planning next steps<\/p>\n<p>Learners need timely, accurate feedback about what they have learned and how much and how<br \/>\nwell they learned it. This helps to identify what they need to do next<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/media\/0cvddrgh\/btc3.pdf\">View BTC 3 using this link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rosenshine&#8217;s Principles of Instruction states that learning should begin with a daily review of prior learning as this can strengthen the connections of the material previously learned. This might be vocabulary, processes or concepts. By revisiting them, educators can correct misonceptions or have them recalled and the learners primed for that day&#8217;s learning. <a href=\"https:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/ark:\/48223\/pf0000190652\">Read Principles of instruction &#8211; UNESCO Digital Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How could digital help with this?<br \/>\nForms can be used to create quizzes that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>are self-marking<\/li>\n<li>providing immediate feedback<\/li>\n<li>link to resources to support or extend learning, such as videos or texts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  id=\"_ytid_87961\"  width=\"400\" height=\"225\"  data-origwidth=\"400\" data-origheight=\"225\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4B3bjOfhyOk?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4B3bjOfhyOk\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/td>\n<td><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><div  id=\"_ytid_79715\"  width=\"400\" height=\"225\"  data-origwidth=\"400\" data-origheight=\"225\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qg6h8VRQZjs?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qg6h8VRQZjs\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Challenge and Enjoyment Progression Depth Personalization and Choice A young person\u2019s progress should be assessed in ways and at times appropriate to that person\u2019s learning needs. Judgements made about this learning should be based on evidence from a broad range of sources, both in and out of school, and by reference to a learner\u2019s progress over time, across a range of activities &gt; choosing assessment methods that are fit for<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/2026\/09\/21\/assessing-learners-understanding\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61927,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digitallearningteachingandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}