Ten Principles of Assessment for Learning:

Ten Principles of Assessment for Learning

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority’s (QCA)

Assessment for learning should be part of effective planning of teaching and learning.

Principle 1:

Assessment for learning should focus on how students learn.

Principle 2:

Assessment for learning should be recognised as central to classroom practice.

Principle 3:

Assessment for learning should be regarded as a key professional skill for teachers.

Principle 4:

Assessment for learning should be sensitive and constructive because any assessment has an emotional impact.

Principle 5:

Assessment for learning should take account of the importance of the learner's motivation.

Principle 6:

Assessment for learning should promote commitment to learning goals and a shared understanding of the criteria by which they are assessed.

Principle 7:

Learners should receive constructive guidance about how to improve.

Principle 8:

Assessment for learning develops learners capacity for self-assessment so that they can become reflective and self managing.

Principle 9:

Principle 10:

Assessment for learning should recognise the full range of achievements of all learners.