PoLT Online Professional Learning Resource – Principle 5
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Assessment practices are an integral part of teaching and learning
Assessment contributes to planning at a number of levels. Monitoring of student learning is continuous and encompasses a variety of aspects of understanding and practice. Assessment criteria are explicit and feedback is designed to support students’ further learning and encourage them to monitor and take responsibility for their own learning.
In learning environments that reflect this principle the teacher:
- 5.1 designs assessment practices that reflect the full range of learning program objectives
- 5.2 ensures that students receive frequent constructive feedback that supports further learning
- 5.3 makes assessment criteria explicit
- 5.4 uses assessment practices that encourage reflection and self assessment
- 5.5 uses evidence from assessment to inform planning and teaching.