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Why isn’t assessment always for learning – and what can we do about it ? Liz McDowell

Why isn’t assessment always for learning – and what can we do about it ? Liz McDowell Northumbria University CETL in Assessment for Learning http ://www.northumbria.ac.uk/cetl_afl /. The Assessment Monster. What do we want?. The best intentions …. Assessment for learning.

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Why isn’t assessment always for learning – and what can we do about it ? Liz McDowell

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  1. Why isn’t assessment always for learning – and what can we do about it? Liz McDowell Northumbria University CETL in Assessment for Learning http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/cetl_afl/

  2. The Assessment Monster

  3. What do we want?

  4. The best intentions ….

  5. Assessment for learning Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning Assessment for Learning

  6. What can we do … • Keep summative assessment in its place • Formative assessment – feedback and feed-forward • Background assessment • Active student involvement • Challenge assessment systems and practices

  7. Re-engineering … “ … a radical reconstruction of curricula since any increase in resources given to formative assessment will have to be paid for elsewhere” (Yorke, 2003, p. 497) “Substantial modification to the learning environment through changes to regular classroom practice involving turning the learning culture around” (Sadler, quoted in Yorke, 2003)

  8. Powerful learning environments “ … good tasks [that] afford plenty of opportunities for judgment and conversations about judgment” Knight (2006) p 441

  9. “This gives you much more chance to express your ideas. You can actually put more into your work and promote yourself into your work. [Also] you can certainly demonstrate how much more you know, and how you can interpret things”

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