Section outline

  • Our first booklet comprised of Assessment Rich tasks and an outline of how we used these in the classroom.

    The natural progression was to develop these tasks in line with the Assessing Pupil Progress (APP) guidelines. We continue to be convinced that rich tasks form a vital part of our classroom practice and in addition provide valuable evidence for assessing students.

    In this booklet introduce 7 new tasks that can be incorporated into schemes of work for the purpose of periodic, formative assessment. These tasks are suitable for Key Stage 3 students of any ability. Each task is accompanied by a level ladder which can be used for peer and self assessment, as well as teacher assessment. These also allow students to be aware of ways in which they can improve their work, in order to progress to the next level.

    Each task will include:

    · an introduction to the activity

    · the resources that have been used

    · reflections which include ideas of how to support and extend learning

    · students’ responses which will include levelled work