Why do you think assessment is important

Self Management

To Motivate Student Learning

Student Attitude

Metacognition

Detrimental for twachers and students

Teaching and Learning

To evaluate and inform teacher practice and programme design

Informs Programme Design

Measurement for reporting

Measurement

Relates to the word measurement being used/or refers to benchmarking/reporting to stakeholders such as parents/ERO etc...

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Reporting to givenrment

Reporting to parents

Standardised testing

Bench marking

auditing purposes

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student progress

reporting to stakeholders

to inform policy

for funding

national ranking

Assessment can have a negative impact on student learning and teacher practice

Assessment is not important/has a negative connotation

does not inform of student progress

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negative emotional response

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Communication Tool

Future Plans

Student Learning

Identifies Student Learning Needs

Specific student needs

Knowledge and skills gained

Helps to Group Students

To gain information about student learning