As physical educators we all know the emphasis that is put on accurate and reliable assessment in our subject. However assessing attainment at Key Stage 3 is notoriously difficult due to ambiguous end of level Attainment Targets. Because of this, assessment remains one of the weakest areas of effective teaching in a large number of schools. To help both pupils' and teachers', a new range of level descriptions have been developed. They enable teachers to accurately and reliably make judgements regarding pupils performance and understanding. The cards also aid pupils' in recognising their current level of performance and most importantly identifying targets for improvement. Developed as part of a two year research project, the cards have been widely used with excellent results as well as being highly commended during a recent OFSTED inspection.
A very simple but a very effective method of assessing
The benefits of using the assessment cards:
(1) Activity specific (2) Developed using the four areas of the National Curriculum (3) Provide specific examples of expected levels of performance (4) Aids reliability and consistency across departments (5) Enables effective short and long term targets to be set (6) Excellent for both summative and formative assessment (7) Particularly useful for new teachers or those who are less experienced in certain activities (8) Covers eleven different activity areas - Rugby - Cricket - Netball - Athletics - Rounders - Gym - Dance - Tennis - Badminton - Basketball - Football. (9) Covers levels 3 - 8 (10) Simple and quick to use and includes an assessment policy.
