Deck 5: Assessment for Learning: Formative Approaches

Question 1

Formative assessment is the only type of assessment teachers need to use

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What are the main purposes of summative assessment?

A) For a summary of children's progress
B) To share with parents a child's achievements
C) To inform next steps in a child's progress
D) To produce a numerical summary for league tables

Answer 2

A, B, D

Question 3

Which of the following are statutory assessment requirements in England?

A) Early Years Foundation Stage Profile
B) Phonics screening check at the end of Year 1.
C) Key Stage 1 (KS1) tasks and tests during Year 2
D) Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test
E) Key Stage 2 National Curriculum tests in English and mathematics

Answer 3

A, B, C, D, E

Question 4

How can 'high-stakes testing' impact on education?

A) Teachers teach to the test only
B) Teachers can adopt transmission styles of teaching
C) Children become very anxious about tests
D) Head teachers focus only on the tests and not other aspects of the school curriculum

Question 5

Assessment for Learning . . .

A) . . . is an integral part of teaching and learning
B) . . . is just the same as assessment of learning
C) . . . is a way to improve children's progress
D) . . . involves feedback to children
E) . . . requires children to be active in their own learning

Question 6

What types of evidence do you use for summative assessment?

Question 7

What types of evidence do you use for formative assessment?

Question 8

Why do you think England has a strong emphasis on external testing and accountability?

Question 9

Analyse the questions you planned for in a recent lesson plan. Use the discussions about questioning in Section 5.1 to support your analysis.

Question 10

What are the main sources of assessment evidence in primary schools?

A) What learners' parents say they can do
B) What learners say
C) What learners do
D) What learners produce

Question 11

Which are the two main types of assessment seen in schools?

A) Summative assessment
B) Diagnostic assessment
C) Formative assessment
D) Self-assessment

Question 12

There are a limited number of formative assessment strategies available for teachers to use

Question 13

Pupils in England and in Northern Ireland are subjected to more testing than their peers in other parts of the UK

Question 14

National testing is an unhelpful, arduous intrusion

Question 15

The time statutory testing takes is an intrusion into schools' practice

Question 16

Level descriptions have been used . . .

A) only in England
B) only in Wales
C) only in Scotland
D) only in Northern Ireland
E) in all parts of the UK

Question 17

The phonics test in England is . . .

A) a light-touch assessment
B) an in-depth analysis of children's phonics ability
C) a reporting tool for league tables
D) causing children a great deal of stress

Question 18

Internal moderation . . .

A) checks whether teachers are right/wrong
B) involves discussion about a small sample of children's work
C) justifies a given grade
D) is not that important

Question 19

How many principles of Assessment for Learning are there?

A) 1
B) 5
C) 8
D) 10

Question 20

Reflect on the different formative assessment strategies you use in class. Compare your strategies to those discussed in Section 5.1. What can you learn from this comparison?