Exploring Assessment for Formative Purposes in High Stakes Assessment (2008-2009)

Published: 20 February 2021

UGEAN members Louise Hayward, George MacBride and Ernie Spencer were involved in this project, in collaboration with colleagues at University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde.

UGEAN members Louise Hayward, George MacBride and Ernie Spencer were involved in this project, in collaboration with colleagues at University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde. 

Commissioned by the Scottish Qualifications’ Authority, this project explored how teachers reconciled assessment for formative and summative purposes in Higher and Intermediate classes in a range of subjects In particular the project described and commented on the successful use of Grade-related Criteria for formative purposes in National Qualifications courses. The report, entitled Just Making Them Think, is available at http://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/Report%2013_Make_Them_Think.pdf

 


First published: 20 February 2021