Assessment: A Practical Guide for Secondary Teachers

Howard Tanner and Sonia Jones have thirty years of teaching experience between them. They are now academics at the University of Wales Swansea.

• 1. What do children need from assessment?; 2. How do children learn?; 3. What do they need from assessment? Why is it important for learning?; 4. Analysing your current assessment practices: what purposes do they serve?; 5. Formative Assessment; 6. Feedback and marking strategies; 7. Self assessment and learning to learn; 8. Using exams to support learning; 9. Developing an effective learning culture.