Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Assessment in the 21 st Century Ruth Merrett Corporate Affairs Consultant Intel Corporation Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Assessment is hugely powerful ‘evaluation of a student’s achievement’  Assessment of learning – Summative –Measuring what and how much has been learnt, differentiating between students, gatekeeping, accreditation, qualification  Assessment for learning – Formative –Experiential, learning from mistakes, diagnostic, identify strengths & weaknesses, feedback

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‘ Excellence is NOT a single act, but rather a habit’ Aristotle

Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. The problem with our education system..  Assessment drives instruction  Set up for producing students who will –follow rank –pass exams but to what end? What do The Simpsons say? The Simpsons The Simpsons

Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. The problems with assessment  Grades – what do they mean? –Hanlon et al (2004) - reliability  Assessment is about standardisation & conformity  Ken Robinson – looking at divergent thinking – 7:40

Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Assessment  One size fits all model  Teaching should be about providing students with the right tools so they can grow their skills –Guiding students Assessment is no different!!

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Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. De-mystify assessment  We don’t want assessment to catch us out  If students don’t feel able to learn – there won’t be any learning

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Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 6 top tips 1.student-friendly targets 2.Models of strong and weak work 3.Continuous descriptive feedback 4.Authentic Tasks 5.Teach self-assessment and goal setting 6.Teach self-reflection - portfolios 7.Teach peer assessment and reflection

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19 Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. Discussion?