Assessing the overall performance of a pupil
May 9, 2007 by pscalesmatters
Staff should use their professional judgement to decide which P level descriptor offers the best fit for a pupil’s performance according to the evidence gathered.
Staff will need to work together to review their perspectives and decide whether a pupil’s performance, taken as a whole over a year or key stage, has been ‘more P5 than P4 or P6’.
Considering pupils’ work against elements of the levels above and below a proposed level is an effective way of clarifying a best-fit judgement. Staff should make best-fit judgements on the basis of normal, everyday teaching and learning processes.
There is no need for testing or setting up special assessment tasks or activities.
