Ofsted’s evolving approach to assessment

Assessment is evolving

Sean Harford, the National Director of Education, says: “The key reason for all assessment is to ensure that teaching and learning are working well and that children are benefitting from a deep and rich education.”

Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework is built to reflect this in the real-world, with emphasis on:

• What’s going on in the classroom
• How teachers and subject leaders should evaluate where children are on their learning journeys
• The outcome of the national tests

It’s more important than ever that assessment is used effectively and as a real opportunity to impact pupil outcomes. Testbase has been helping teachers achieve this goal for over 20 years.

Faster and more flexible assessments

Trusted by thousands of schools, Testbase lets you quickly create bespoke assessments that match the needs of your pupils.

There’s no need to spend hours searching for relevant content. Testbase gives you a complete bank of questions that you can compile into precisely the assessment you need, as well as hundreds of ready-made resources and test papers.

As a result, you can maximise the effectiveness of your assessments to:

• Find out what children already know
• Check learning and plan teaching through formative assessment
• Evaluate how well your pupils have absorbed curriculum content and skills in end of unit or end of term assessments
• Identify pupil misconceptions and keep them engaged

It’s a simple yet powerful way to use assessment in the way Ofsted expects while enhancing pupil progress and promoting deeper knowledge.