Classroom Assessment for Teachers: Transforming Outcomes for Learners

• A range of practical activities, including interactive quizzes and frameworks, for individual reflection or adaptation for departmental or school-level impact.
• Exploration of the benefits and distinctions among Assessment for Learning (AFL), Assessment of Learning (AOL), and Assessment as Learning (AAL) techniques in the classroom, focusing on their unique summative and formative applications within a school environment.
• The course explores classroom assessment using a wide range of subjects from Mathematics, English, Physics, Drama, and Psychology.
• Classroom Assessment is scalable to wider school or trust involvement with learn as a school discounts.
• Five month access to on-demand learning which will take approximately 12 hours to complete in a budget-friendly and flexible format.
• The modules are designed to be compatible with accessibility tools.
• Certification upon completion of course modules.

Whether you are a new primary or secondary teacher seeking to build a strong foundation in assessment knowledge, an experienced teacher aiming to enhance your skillset with Cambridge expertise or a school leader striving to foster a more confident assessment culture, this course is designed for you.

After completing this course you will be able to:

• Gain an understanding of the key foundational principles for effective assessment, including validity, reliability, comparability, fairness, and manageability.
• Take a strategic approach to assessment, supported by an assessment framework, and use concepts such as spacing and interleaving to maximise the progression made by your students.
• Know how to design and ask powerful questions that meaningfully gather the information you need.
• Identify the different types of data that can be gathered from assessments and interpret these in a critical manner, with an understanding of any potential threats to the validity of inferences you need to make.
• Appreciate what makes feedback effective, gain a toolkit for delivering effective feedback and what factors determine student receptiveness to feedback.
• Understand what is meant by metacognition, the role it likely plays in an increasingly changing and AI-driven world, and how skills such as self and peer assessment can be developed within the classroom.

You can enrol onto Classroom Assessment for just £75 (Incl. VAT) or become a member and enrol for just £67.50 (Incl. VAT).

The course is on-demand so you can start as soon as you enrol. This ensures flexibility for teachers juggling a busy work schedule.

Access will be provided for five months from enrolment.

Yes, participants who complete all course modules will receive a certificate of completion.

It should take between 10 and 13 hours to complete. We recommend completing it over six weeks, taking a week per module, but you will have access for 5 months in case you need longer to complete.

This course is different from a traditional F2F course. It is on-demand and therefore you will navigate yourself through the learning journey at your own pace.