Speedy Assessment CPD for secondary teachers
Education experts David Didau, Daisy Christodoulou and Emma McCrea are here to help you improve your assessment methods

- by Teachwire
Inside your download
How to make assessments valid and reliable
If we want an accurate picture of our students' understanding, we need to realise that we can't see learning
How to assess via the deliberate-practice method
We know that formative assessment improves progress, so why are schools and students still not seeing the benefits?
How to accurately find out what pupils do and don’t know
Students are rarely the best judges of what they actually understand. Use mini whiteboards, self-explanation tasks and exit tickets to find out what they really know

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