1. Raising Attainment How can peer and self-assessment raise attainment in the primary and secondary sector? Mairi Campbell (Primary) and Rachel Moffat (P.E)

2. What is raising attainment ‘Raising attainment is about encouraging and inspiring Scotland’s children to have the confidence and ambition to be all they can be.’ Scottish Government, 2012

3. Raising Attainment in Schools The curriculum should be designed on the basis of the following principles: Challenge and enjoyment Breadth Progression Depth Personalisation and choice Coherence Relevance The principles must be taken into account for all children and young people

4. What is peer and self-assessment? Constructivist model ‘Assessment by pupils, far from being a luxury is an essential part of formative assessment.’ Black and Wiliam. A skill for life long learning Peer tutoring -Evidence that children can benefit from instruction provided by a more capable peer.

5. Why is it important? Feedback Helps the teacher with their assessment Study - comment based marking found to be best form of feedback. Building the Curriculum 5

6. What happens in our school? School policy Comparison with High School and Primary School.

7. How will we develop this in the future... Peer tutoring in primary. Self assessment and reward system in secondary. Adapting what we have seen in our observations and transferring it into our own lessons. Building up a bank of assessment methods.

8. References Scottish Government, raising attainment 2012 Shirley Clarke – Formative Assessment Strategies Learning Unlimited – promoting assessment by pupils. Building the Curriculum 5