Assessment and Progression

Getting your KS3 assessment right in history: 12 step guide

You will know from the activities provided on the site that we are firm believers in a planned series of varied diagnostic tasks taken under test conditions which show how pupils are developing in both...

In this highly-rated post , with really important attachments,we show how it is even more important , in this post-levels world of 2016, to get a really strong grasp of progression in all the main...

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Assessment for learning in history at Key Stage 3

I have tried to be careful here not to reproduce the mass of material that has been provided by the DCSF as part of the National Strategy and the excellent work of Black and Wiliam...
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APP in history at KS3: where are we now?

This page has been left on the site even though the debate has moved on. Please treat it as being of historic interest and a summary of earlier debates. There is still some useful advice...
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Progression in history at Key Stage 3

Most of you will have a fairly clear idea of what it means to 'get better' at history, and will have adjusted your schemes of work to ensure that the learning objectives show clear signs...
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Pupil Target setting in history at Key Stage 3

I still find this aspect of assessment troublesome. The curricular targets present few problems: the numerical ones certainly do. I am happy that I know what I want to say to pupils and have a...
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Judging pupils’ history work at KS 3

Yes, it IS true. No more levels. Honest. What a weight off our minds. But be careful what you wish for. It still seems to be that many SLTs have every intention of retaining them...
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Assessment tasks in Key Stage 3 history

The answer to key Stage 3 assessment in history

This title is obviously tongue-in-cheek. Schools and departments must find their own preferred approach. So what I offer below is not a panacea, but rather...
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Key Stage 3 teacher assessment: the 10 key principles

Most history departments were delighted to see the back of the crude and spurious NC levels. Instead of making as use these blunt instruments which have been misapplied to individual pieces of work and sub-levelled...
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History and citizenship at Key Stage 3

So you have dutifully filled in all the boxes. You've done the audit. You have seen off the Citizenship coordinator who would like to collect some evidence of pupils' cross-curricular learning. But as Christine Counsell...
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Assessment and Progression

Getting your KS3 assessment right in history: 12 step guide

Progression in history – looking at specific strands

Assessment for learning in history at Key Stage 3

APP in history at KS3: where are we now?

Progression in history at Key Stage 3

Pupil Target setting in history at Key Stage 3

Judging pupils’ history work at KS 3

Assessment tasks in Key Stage 3 history

Key Stage 3 teacher assessment: the 10 key principles

History and citizenship at Key Stage 3

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