Summative assessment by teachers: Designing a system that is fit for purpose
Description:
Teachers summarise attainment in a multiplicity of ways in response to diverse demands for information about the performance of their students. Amongst those demands are the requirements of large-scale systems of assessment. In spite of the chequered recent history of large-scale teacher assessment in England - National Curriculum, GCSE coursework, vocational qualifications - there have been growing calls in recent years for the role of teachers in such systems to be enhanced. This presentation will review the design features to be taken into account if systems of assessment in which teacher judgement has a role are to be robust enough to meet the expectations of students, policy-makers and the wider public.
