Formative assessment

Use the resources below to develop formative assessment strategies that get the most from marking and feedback, stretch your more able learners and improve teaching overall.

High impact and time efficient assessment
Josephine Smith explores approaches to formative assessment designed to save time, provide useful feedback and promote knowledge retrieval
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Five tips for effective feedback
Are you teaching on the edge? Torsten Payne provides strategies and examples for effective (and time-saving) feedback
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10 tips for providing constructive feedback remotely
Providing meaningful feedback when pupils are engaged in remote learning requires careful thinking. Claire Gadsby provides ideas and examples for maximising time and effort
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Primary homework model policy
Download and adapt our primary homework model policy for use in your school

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Simplify your marking policy with WIN feedback
Tom Fay explains how a simplified marking strategy has enabled teachers to focus on feedback that makes a difference
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The art of feedback
What types of feedback can maximise learning and get the best out of pupils? Tom Fay explains how to boost the effectiveness of this much misused teaching strategy
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What can action research tell us about effective marking and feedback?
Assistant head Kristen Weiss explains how action research facilitated changes in marking and feedback practice, resulting in reduced workload for teachers at Blean Primary School
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How retrieval practice can help pupils remember and understand
A cognitive psychologist explains why testing can help learning, and how teachers can use retrieval practice to boost their pupils' knowledge retention
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Using dot marking in the classroom
Using a dot to indicate 'check this' is small but powerful way to encourage self-reflection and reduce teacher workload. Find out how it works in practice
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Why we assess: advice for teachers
The purpose of assessment is not to fill checkboxes but to inform better teaching, particularly for pupils with SEND. Nancy Gedge explains how you can get to know the children you teach
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Formative assessment

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