Assessment SIG

This group aims to support school leaders and practitioners develop effective assessment. Unlike our communities, our special interest groups are intended for self-study. They are aimed at those with a responsibility or an interest in this aspect of education. Please look out for one-off events that support this SIG.

• Guidance Report: Teacher Feedback to Improve Pupil Learning (EEF, 2021)

• Article: Inside the black box: Raising standards through classroom assessment (Black & Wiliam, 1998)

• Article: Working Inside the Black Box: Assessment for Learning in the Classroom (Black et al., 2004) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Skilful questioning: The beating heart of good pedagogy (Doherty)

• Article: Questioning: when and how to use it in the classroom (Enser, 2019)

• Article: Teachers' Questions: can they support understanding and higher-level thinking? (Newton, 2013)

• Article: Principles of Instruction (Rosenshine, 2012)

• Article: Analyzing diagnostic items: What makes a student response interpretable? (Wylie & Wiliam, 2006)

• Article: Classroom Assessment: Minute by minute... (Leahy et al., 2005) - NB: Free ResearchGate account required

• Article: Classroom Questioning (Cotton, 1988)

• Blog: Why longer Wait Times might transform students’ learning (Busch)

• Blog: Ratio (Boxer)

• Podcast: Evidence into Action: Teacher feedback to improve pupil learning (EEF, 2021)

• Podcast: Dylan William on effective questioning (Teacher Magazine, 2019)

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Guidance Documents

• Putting Evidence to Work (Implementation Guidance) (EEF, 2024)

Videos

• A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)

• Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)

Templates

• Action plan template (pdf)

• Action plan template (docx)

• Case study template (pdf)

• Case study template (pptx)

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