Effective Assessment & Feedback: Making Every Comment Count
Overview
Assessment should drive learning, not drown you in marking. This course demystifies assessment and feedback, showing how to align them with learning intentions and deliver comments that pupils actually use. Based on the Education Endowment Foundation’s feedback guidance, you’ll learn to design assessments that inform teaching and provide purposeful written and verbal feedback without over‑burdening you.
What to Expect
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One‑Day Workshop – Clarify the difference between formative and summative assessment. Explore six recommendations: build a foundation with high‑quality instruction and formative assessment; deliver timely, forward‑looking feedback; plan how pupils will receive and act on feedback; use written feedback efficiently; give effective verbal feedback; and develop a feedback policy based on these principles.
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20‑Hours Online Learning – Develop rubrics and success criteria, learn how to use digital tools for assessment and feedback, and design a departmental or school feedback policy that prioritises impact over workload.
Key Questions
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Are your assessments aligned with what you want pupils to learn?
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Do pupils understand and act on your feedback, or do comments go unread?
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How can you reduce marking time while increasing the impact of your feedback?
How This Course Will Change Practice
You’ll shift from marking for the sake of marking to assessing for learning. High‑quality instruction and formative assessment reduce the need for extensive corrective feedback. By delivering specific, timely feedback and planning how pupils will use it, you help them close gaps quickly. A clear, research‑informed feedback policy ensures consistency and efficiency, improving outcomes while protecting teacher workload.
