1. Dame Alice Owen’s School. January 2013 Pam Perrett

2.  To consider why and how students work is assessed.  To identify and discuss issues related to summative assessment  To understand some key terms used in summative assessment

3.  In pairs discuss what you could be assessing at the end of a topic or unit of work.  In addition discuss anything you could be assessing that was not intentional

4.  Reliability: The assessment is able to produce consistent results when repeated over time.  Validity: The assessment is able to test what is intended.

5.  Errors in marking  Variations in grading  Variability of students from day to day  Variability of students from question to question  Bias

6. A more difficult multi-faceted concept, particularly relevant would be:  Content Validity – is the test asking questions about what has been taught  Construct validity – is the area you are testing measurable by the test e.g historical understanding or problem solving

7.  Tests and exams  Controlled assessments  Oral assessments  Questioning  Observation  Practical work  In the classroom for homework and in more formal settings

8.  Assessment can serve many different purposes. In pairs try to sort the cards into order of importance  How easy was it to agree?

9.  ‘Any assessment should ultimately support learning’ Wynne Harlen

10.  Researchers Shorrocks and Taylor in 1993 concluded that ‘… there will always be an error in any assessment: the perfect system has not yet been devised and is probably not possible.