3 How do I validate assessment judgements?

This resource will enable you to ensure confidence in judgements on ICT capability in your school.

The first stage is to establish how much evidence you wish to keep (see Resource 2) and the nature of that evidence. You may wish to keep tracking sheets or ask colleagues to create portfolios of work.

There are a variety of commercial packages available to enable you to manage the record-keeping process:

The second stage is to consider if any of these portfolios of work will support your school in improving consistency and quality of their assessment. Some resources to help with this are:

The National Strategies have very solid and clear guidance on secure judgements in the APP context. Unfortunately this does not support years 1 and 2 in ICT.

Finally, will you encourage children to keep their own e-portfolio?

Reflection

  • a.Here are some resources to help you in evaluating the use of e-portfolios for assessment. When you read them keep in mind the potential benefits to learning but also demands they could place on time for children and teachers.
  • b.What are the costs and benefits of using each these tools for assessment?
    • E-portfolios
    • Other electronic tools
    • Tracking sheets
    • APP style portfolios

2 How much to assess

4 Planning and implementing the changes to assessment procedures