ABOUT THE SERIES

'A Teacher's Guide To...' is a series of books ideal for new teachers as well as those about to embark on teacher training programmes. Written in a friendly and fluent style, these books provide perfect synopses of the key ideas and issues affecting teachers today.

All the books in this series are practical handbooks for busy teachers – books of ideas which can be put into practice and which can be dipped into when help and advice are needed most.

The author is not a university professor; he is a teacher who has worked in schools for over a decade. He has worked at senior leader level in secondary schools and has, at one time or another, managed every aspect of a school’s organisation. He has helped schools on the journey towards ‘outstanding’: one school became a beacon of good practice in teaching and learning; another became the highest achieving comprehensive school in its authority and one of the top five most improved schools in the country, a school judged 'good with outstanding features' under the new Ofsted framework within three years of emerging from 'special measures'.

If you want honest, practical advice, look no further.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

'A Teacher's Guide To... Assessment' is Volume 3 in the series and covers:

1. What is formative assessment?
2. Creating the right classroom culture
3. Sharing learning objectives and success criteria
4. Classroom talk and questioning
5. Target-setting and feedback
6. Self- and peer-assessment
7. Teacher assessments
8. Assessment policies
9. Assessing pupil progress
10. Assessment is an art not a science

This book is a compendium of pedagogical research and practical, hands-on strategies for making formative assessment a success in your classroom. If you’re serious about wanting your students to be the best they can be, you should read this book.