EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATIONS Bernadette Youens From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 UNIT 6.2.

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EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATIONS Bernadette Youens From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 UNIT 6.2

At the end of this unit you should be able to: identify the range of external assessments in secondary schools and access the national framework for qualifications understand the relationship between the National Curriculum in England and external examinations explain the main purposes of assessment recall the processes involved in the setting of external examinations and the institutions involved start addressing the issues relating to teaching examination classes. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 OBJECTIVES

YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE Types of assessment From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

THE FRAMEWORK OF EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS Key Stage 3 assessment GCSE Post-16 assessment –GCE A level courses –Vocational or applied courses From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

THE PURPOSES OF EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT Public accountability Validity and reliability Teaching externally assessed courses From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009

To explore this material further, read: Youens, B. (2009) ‘External assessment and examinations’, in S. Capel, M. Leask and T. Turner (eds) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience, 5th edn, London: Routledge. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER INFORMATION

Brooks, V. (2002) Assessment in Secondary Schools: The New Teacher’s Guide to Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, Reporting and Accountability, Buckingham: Open University Press. Fautley, M. and Savage, J. (2008) Assessment for Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools, Exeter: Learning Matters. Stobart, G. (2008) Testing times: The Uses and Abuses of Assessment, Abingdon: Routledge. From: Learning to Teach in the Secondary School 5th edition, Routledge © 2009 FURTHER READING