Methods of Assessment and Monitoring

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Methods of Assessment and Monitoring

The aim of this essay is to describe and analyse various methods of monitoring and assessing pupils' learning and progress. A number of methods of assessing, monitoring, giving feedback and evaluating progress will be discussed. Secondary data will give an insight into strategies and related studies giving an overall perspective. Primary data will be used to look at the different strategies in action, reflecting and evaluating on their usage. Research for this study with regard to primary data was obtained while on placement at school X and Y and secondary data comes from a variety of reference sources.

'Assessment in education is the process of gathering, interpreting, recording and using information about pupils' responses to an educational task.' (British Educational Research Association 1992: 2)

Students are continually assessed through their school careers by a wide range of strategies. Assessment has many different guises and purposes and the emphasis on these has changed through the course of educational history. Recent approaches have begun to attempt to focus on more formative assessment approaches, assessment that is utilised in learning (Sorenson 2000: 123).

The growth of public testing has its origins in the